Recipe - Maamool Bjowz - Sweet Walnut Cakes

Stephen Ceideburg
750 g Semolina
1 cup Sugar
500 g Butter
500 g Walnuts
One half cup Sugar
One fourth cup Cold water
One half teaspoon Rosewater

Mix thoroughly in a large bowl 750 g semolina and 1 cup sugar. Melt 500 g
butter until bubbling, then blend it into the semolinasugar mixture. Knead
well then set aside for at least one hour or up to 24.

Knead the mixture again then pour in enough boiling water to make a soft,
pliable dough (wear rubber gloves so you can handle the hot mixture).

Crush 500 g walnut pieces finely (this can be done in a food processor) and
add to One half a cup of sugar. Mix One fourth of a cup of cold water with half a
teaspoon of rosewater (any Lebanese or Asian food store) and mix the liquid
into the walnutsugar mix ture.

Mould the pastry into balls about 5 cm in diameter. Make a cavity in the
centre of each ball with your finger and fill with walnut mixture. Close
the pastry over the top of the filling and flatten the stuffed pastry ball
a little between your hands. Make a design on top with the tines of a fork

Place these cakes on an ungreased baking tray and cook at 230 C until
lightly browned, approximately 20 minutes. Store in an airtight container
and sift icing sugar generously over the top of each layer of cakes.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg

From an article by Meryl Constance in The Sydney Morning Herald, 4/6/93.
Courtesy Mark Herron.

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