Dessert

Magrood Bengazi

Name: Magrood Bengazi
Total time: 1h 30m
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: Libya
Ingredients: 500g semolina; 150 ml olive oil; 300g date paste; 1 tsp cinnamon; Orange-blossom water; Oil for frying; 500 ml honey syrup

Cyrenaican semolina lozenges stuffed with spiced date paste, fried and drenched in honey-orange syrup.

1h 30m 20 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 500g semolina
• 150 ml olive oil
• 300g date paste
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Orange-blossom water
• Oil for frying
• 500 ml honey syrup

Method

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Rub oil into semolina; add water for a stiff dough; rest 30 min.

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1
Rub oil into semolina; add water for a stiff dough; rest 30 min.
2
Roll a rope; fill with date paste; cut lozenges.
3
Fry until gold; dunk in warm syrup.