M'hanncha Recipe/Marrocan Almond Phyllo Pastries/Traditional Marrocan Dessert

phyllo pastry

🥗Healthier: whole wheat pastry

💰Cheaper: homemade dough

Whole wheat pastry offers more fiber.

ground almonds

🥗Healthier: ground walnuts

💰Cheaper: ground sunflower seeds

Ground walnuts provide a similar texture.

orange blossom water

🥗Healthier: rose water

💰Cheaper: vanilla extract

Vanilla extract is more accessible.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds natural sweetness.

Preheat your oven.

In a food processor, place almonds, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and melted butter. Blend until the mixture transforms into a paste.

Refrigerate the paste for 30 minutes.

Divide the paste into three equal parts and mold each part into a log.

Take three pieces of phyllo pastry and brush them with butter.

Place the paste in the center of the phyllo pastry and roll it up.

Repeat the process to create a total of three rolls.

Grease a baking dish and place the rolls inside to create a snake shape.

Brush the rolls with a beaten egg.

Bake for 14 minutes.

Dust with icing sugar and decorate with almonds.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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