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Maamoul with Three Fillings
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Traditional Middle Eastern cookies filled with pistachios, walnuts, and dates, perfect for holidays and special occasions.
00:07:00 total
Serves 50
medium
Decadent Dessert
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Ingredients
- coarse semolina - 3 cups (500 g)
- fine semolina - 3 cups (500 g)
- salt - 1/4 tsp
- white sugar - 1/4 cup (50 g) (for dough)
- hot ghee (clarified butter) - 2 cups (400 g)
- mahlab - 1 tsp (ground)
- instant yeast - 1 tsp
- orange blossom water - 1/2 cup (120 ml) + 2 tbsp (warm, for dough)
- rose water - 1/2 cup (120 ml) (warm)
- baking dates - 650 g
- ground cinnamon - 1 tsp (for date filling)
- ground nutmeg - 1/2 tsp (for date filling)
- vegetable oil - 1/4 cup (60 ml) (for date filling)
- chopped or ground pistachios - 1 1/2 cups (200 g) (for pistachio filling)
- white sugar - 1/2 cup (100 g) (for pistachio syrup)
- orange blossom water - 1/4 cup (60 ml) (for pistachio syrup)
- lemon juice - 1/2 tsp (for pistachio syrup)
- chopped or ground walnuts - 2 cups (200 g) (for walnut filling)
- ground cinnamon - 1 tsp (for walnut filling)
- ground nutmeg - 1/2 tsp (for walnut filling)
- powdered sugar - as needed (for dusting)
Instructions
- Prepare Dough: Combine coarse and fine semolina, salt, and sugar. Add hot ghee and mix well. Cover and let soak for 24 hours.
- Make Syrup: Combine sugar, orange blossom water, and lemon juice. Boil then simmer for 5 minutes. Let cool.
- Prepare Date Filling: Mix dates, cinnamon, nutmeg, and oil. Divide into balls (16 g each).
- Prepare Pistachio Filling: Mix pistachios with prepared syrup. Divide into balls (12 g each), shaping into ovals.
- Prepare Walnut Filling: Mix walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, and syrup. Divide into balls (12 g each).
- Finalize Dough: Mix semolina mixture with yeast, mahlab, orange blossom water, and rose water in increments. Knead and let rest for 1 hour.
- Shape and Fill Maamoul: Divide dough into small balls. Stuff each with filling and shape using a maamoul mold.
- Bake: Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 425°F (220°C) for 7 minutes or until light golden.
- Cool and Dust: Let cool on a wire rack. Sift powdered sugar on top before serving.
