Mubaḥthara (Sweetened Breadcrumb-and-Nut Confection)
Origin: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Baghdādī, 1226
Ingredients
- semolina bread crumb
- almonds
- pistachios
- sugar
- sesame oil
- julep syrup
- rosewater
Instructions
- Rub the soft crumb of semolina bread well by hand.
- Mix in peeled, roasted, pounded almonds and pistachios, and sprinkle a little sugar.
- Melt sesame oil (shīraj) and pour on, then drench with hot julep syrup (jullāb) and rosewater and lift.