Holiday

Aseeda Mawlid

Name: Aseeda Mawlid
Total time: 45m
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Libya
Ingredients: 500g fine semolina; 1.2 L water; Salt; 1 tsp cinnamon; 250g butter; 300 ml honey; Toasted almonds

Cinnamon-spiced semolina paste mounded in trays and blanketed with honey-butter — cooked in Libyan homes for Prophet Muhammad's birthday.

45m 8 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 500g fine semolina
• 1.2 L water
• Salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 250g butter
• 300 ml honey
• Toasted almonds

Method

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Whisk semolina into salted boiling water; stir 25 min to a very stiff paste.

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1
Whisk semolina into salted boiling water; stir 25 min to a very stiff paste.
2
Mound on a platter; press a wide well.
3
Fill the well with warm butter-honey; scatter almonds.