Dessert
Samsa

Samsa

Tunisia

55Minutes
MediumLevel
8Serves
8Steps
About

Crisp Tunisian pastry triangles of malsouka layered with a toasted almond and sesame filling, fried and soaked in lemony sugar syrup, made for weddings and Ramadan.

Equipment
  • Frying pan
  • Saucepan
  • Bowl
  • Pastry brush
Ingredients
Malsouka or brik pastry sheets8
Ground almonds2 cups
Toasted sesame seeds½ cup
Sugar½ cup
Orange blossom water1 tbsp
Cinnamon1 tsp
Sugar for syrup1½ cups
Lemon juice1 tbsp
Vegetable oilfor frying

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