🇱🇧 Lebanon
Layali Lubnan
The summer-evening tray of Lebanese fridges: cool semolina, a cloud of cream, and bananas if the house is feeling generous.
🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 15 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
8 people
✨ What makes it special
Mastic-scented semolina base, whipped cream or ashta on top, orange-blossom syrup poured at the table.
Ingredients
- 150 gfine semolina
- 1 Lmilk
- 100 gsugar
- 1 pinchground mastic
- 1 tbsporange blossom water
- 400 gashta or whipped cream
- 50 gground pistachio
- 300 mlcold syrup
Method
- 1
Simmer the semolina, milk, and sugar, stirring, until it thickens like porridge.
- 2
Stir in the mastic and blossom water, pour into a tray, and chill until firm.
- 3
Spread the cream thickly over the cold base.
- 4
Dust with pistachio and serve in squares, cold syrup over each piece.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 8