🇩🇿 Algeria cuisine · #17

Qalb el Louz

Qalb el Louz
Time90 min
Serves20
Ingredients7

Semolina cake filled with almonds and soaked in orange-blossom syrup — the queen of Algerian Ramadan sweets.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Rub semolina with butter and sugar and rest 2 hours.
  2. Moisten with orange-blossom water to damp sand.
  3. Press half into a tray, add a layer of almonds and cinnamon, then the rest.
  4. Cut into diamonds and top each with an almond.
  5. Bake at 180°C until golden, then soak with hot syrup.