Middle_Eastern
Middle Eastern - Breads and Pastries
Ghraybeh Flatbread / Pastry
Chef's Menu Description
Flaky, all-butter golden pastry filled with a delicately spiced sweet filling, baked until crisp and aromatic.
Ingredients
- • 2 cups plain flour
- • 200g ghee, softened
- • 3/4 cup icing sugar
- • 1 tbsp orange blossom water
- • 1/2 tsp ground mahlab
- • 1/4 cup pistachios, halved
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Beat the ghee and icing sugar for 5 minutes until pale and fluffy; beat in the orange blossom water.
2
Phase 2
Work in the flour and mahlab just until a soft, smooth dough forms; do not overmix.
3
Phase 3
Chill the dough for 30 minutes until firm enough to handle.
4
Phase 4
Roll tablespoons of dough into balls or diamonds and place on parchment-lined trays; press a pistachio half into each.
5
Phase 5
Bake at 150C for 18-22 minutes until set but still pale; the cookies must not brown.
6
Phase 6
Cool completely on the trays until they crumble and melt in the mouth.