Kaab el Ghazal

Name: Kaab el Ghazal
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 225 g (8 oz) ground almonds; 175 g (6¼ oz) icing sugar; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 225 g (8 oz) plain flour; 2 tbsp melted butter; 3 tbsp orange-flower water; 1 egg, beaten, for brushing

Preparation info

Makes
18

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

World's Best Cakes

By Roger Pizey

Published 2013

About

No feast day or holiday in Morocco would be complete without these traditional delicacies - Gazelle Horns - and they’re one of the country’s most popular pastries. The French ‘Come de Gazelle’ describes ‘gazelle horns’ while the Arabic name ‘Kaab el Ghazal’ translates as ‘gazelle ankles’.

Ingredients

For the filling

225 g (8 oz) ground almonds
175 g (6¼

Africa
Morocco
Pastry
Mediterranean
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

First, make the filling. Mix together the almonds, icing sugar and cinnamon.
Add the orange-flower water until the mixture binds together.
Knead until smooth and then divide in two and roll each half into a thin pencil (about 1.5 cm (