Semolina Cake (Basbousa)
Semolina Cake (Basbousa)

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Basbousa cake is a dessert from the Middle East that is made primarily from a semolina mixture. It is popular throughout Middle Eastern countries as well as North Africa, Iran, Greece and Turkey. In Egypt this is the main dessert served during the feasts and holidays for both Christians and Muslims. Place the butter in a small bowl and melt in the microwave.

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have semolina cake (basbousa) using 15 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):
  1. Prepare Basbousa
  2. Prepare 2.25 cups semolina flour
  3. Take 1.15 cups sugar
  4. Make ready 3 tablespoon butter (room temp)
  5. Make ready 1.15 cups natural yoghurt
  6. Make ready 0.4 cups desicated coconut
  7. Get 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
  8. Make ready 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
  9. Take Whole almonds / hazelnuts
  10. Make ready Syrup
  11. Get 1-1.5 cup sugar
  12. Make ready 1-1.5 cup water
  13. Make ready 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  14. Make ready 1 cinnamon stick
  15. Get 2-3 cloves

This Arabic cake should be crumbly and grainy in a way, and fine semolina won't give it the right texture. Ghee: I've tried to make basbousa with regular butter, but ghee or clarified butter really is the key to getting the perfect flavor. Yogurt: You can use any type of yogurt. Basbousa is a popular Lebanese semolina and poppy seed cake with a zesty lemon drizzle.

Instructions to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):
  1. Preheat oven to 175°C
  2. Start by making the syrup. Combine water and sugar in a saucepan and heat on low to medium temperature.
  3. Add the lemon juice as it starts to simmer
  4. Then add the cinnamon and clove.
  5. Once the consistency is syrup like, remove from heat and allow to cool by placing sauce pan in cold water bath.
  6. Put semonlia flour, sugar and baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
  7. Mix altogether.
  8. Melt the butter by placing in a microwave proof bowl for 10 - 20 seconds.
  9. Add the melted butter, yoghurt and coconut to the mixture
  10. Using the tips of your fingers, mix the ingredients together.
  11. Using a brush, spread the tahini to cover the base and sides of flan dish
  12. Spoon the mixture into the flan dish and level using the back of a spoon
  13. Place in oven for 15 minutes. Then remove and place whole almonds or hazelnuts so that they rest on the top of the cake.
  14. Return to oven for a further 20 minutes until the cake is golden brown in colour
  15. Add the now cooled syrup to the cake and allow it to rest in the flan dish.
  16. Typically leave it to soak up the syrup for around 20 minutes and that's it ready to enjoy.

Yogurt: You can use any type of yogurt. Basbousa is a popular Lebanese semolina and poppy seed cake with a zesty lemon drizzle. There are many types of semolina cake, but there is something special about poppy seed cakes, basbousa. The Jewish community of Lebanon thinks so too as these are baked for the festival of Purim. View Suggestions BACK TO TOP See all Scripps Networks Digital.

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