Dessert
Kaab el Ghazal (Gazelle Horns)

Kaab el Ghazal (Gazelle Horns)

Morocco

80Minutes
HardLevel
10Serves
10Steps
About

Morocco's most elegant pastry — delicate crescent-shaped 'gazelle horns' of thin pastry wrapped around orange-blossom almond paste, served at weddings and with afternoon tea.

Equipment
  • Bowl
  • Rolling pin
  • Baking tray
  • Pastry wheel
Ingredients
Blanched almonds, ground3 cups
Icing sugar1 cup
Orange blossom water3 tbsp
Ground cinnamon½ tsp
Butter, softened (for filling)2 tbsp
Plain flour2½ cups
Melted butter (for dough)3 tbsp
Pinch of salt1 pinch
Water, as neededas needed

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