What is better than a small Lebanese Atayef pancake filled with milk cream and pistachios. It’s sumptous, melting, needs less filling than an oriental almond pastry and very easy to make! Atayef makes a great dessert recipe that you can serve during the holy month of Ramadan.
Lebanese Atayef
What is better than a small Lebanese Atayef pancake filled with milk cream and pistachios. It's sumptous, melting, needs less filling than an oriental almond pastry and very easy to make! Atayef makes a great dessert recipe that you can serve during the holy month of Ramadan.
Ingredients
- For the pancake batter :
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup of powdered milk
- 2 1/2 cups of water
- 1 packet of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon of orange blossom water
- For the Milk cream:
- 2 cups of powdered milk
- 3 cups of water
- 1 tbsp orange blossom
- 3 tablespoons of flour
- 3 tablespoons of caster sugar
- For the syrup:
- 2 cups of water
- 3 cups of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons of orange blossom water
- 1 cup of crushed or ground pistachios
Instructions
Prepare the pancakes:
- In a bowl put the powdered milk, the flour and the baking powder
- Make a well and pour in the water and the orange blossom
- Mix your ingredients very well so as not to make lumps.
- Set your mixture aside for about 30 minutes for the dough to rise and thicken.
Prepare the cream:
- In a saucepan, combine the powdered milk with the flour and the sugar.
- Make a well and pour in the water and the orange blossom
- Put the saucepan on a medium heat and stir until the cream thickens.
- Pour into a bowl and set aside.
- In a pre-oiled and heated non-stick pan. Pour small circles of dough with a tablespoon
- Bake on one side for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes so that the top of the dough does not run off.
- Remember to grease the pan every time.
Prepare the syrup:
- Mix all the ingredients; then let boil for about 10 to 15 minutes.
- During this time, stuff each round of dough with the milk cream.
- Fold to form a cone by pinching the edges of the pancake (on the top of the cone).
- Sprinkle with crushed pistachios and sprinkle with a drizzle of syrup.
- To finish
- Placethe Ayatef to cool in the refrigerator until the pancakes are cold.
- Serve and enjoy your Atayef
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 145kcalSaturated Fat: 2gFat: 4gProtein: 3gCarbohydrates: 46g
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