Jūdhāba of Fresh Dates (Jūdhābat al-Ruṭab)

Name: Jūdhāba of Fresh Dates (Jūdhābat al-Ruṭab)
Cuisine: Iraq
Ingredients: tinned copper pot; rosewater; thin dough sheets; fresh soft dates; pistachios; almonds; poppyseed; raṭl syrup; ūqiya rosewater with saffron; fat chicken

Origin: Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Baghdādī, 1226

Ingredients

tinned copper pot
rosewater
thin dough sheets
fresh soft dates
pistachios
almonds
poppyseed
raṭl syrup
ūqiya rosewater with saffron
fat chicken

Instructions

Sprinkle rosewater in a tinned copper pot, spread a dough sheet, and lay a bed of fresh khāstawī dates.
Scatter finely pounded pistachios, almonds, and toasted poppyseed; repeat dates and toppings until the pot is half full, topping with almonds and pistachios.
Pour over half a raṭl of syrup and an ūqiya of saffroned rosewater; cover with a dough sheet.
Hang above a fat chicken stuffed with sugar, almonds, and pistachios kneaded with rosewater and saffroned inside and out; when thoroughly cooked, lift off.