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Rosewater & Orange Blossoms Blog – Fresh and Classic Lebanese Recipes
Recent Posts (Much!) Easier Spanakopita By Maureen Abood | May 10, 2022 Spanakopita is traditionally made by buttering layer after layer of phyllo. No more! Try my (much!) easier Spanakopita using my super simple hack. This is a recipe my Sitto learned at her Greek Orthodox Church and shared with me. The original includes the…
Read MoreRose Water & Orange Blossoms, the cookbook!
Rose Water & Orange Blossoms Cookbook Purchase your copy of Rose Water & Orange Blossoms: Fresh and Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen at Maureen Abood Market here! Buy a Signed Cookbook As Featured In About the book As my family, friends, and those of you who’ve been with me here on the Rose Water &…
Read MoreOrange Blossom Pecan Pie
Rich, brown-sugary pecan pie is made better with very toasty pecans and a whisper of orange blossom water. The flavor is as beautiful as it sounds: Orange Blossom Pecan Pie. A shocking moment occurred during the development of this pecan pie recipe. My tester group (Dan and sons) was miffed when I brought plates of…
Read MoreOrange Blossom Gin Fizz
The classic Gin Fizz is made even better with a whisper of orange blossom. The froth on top makes for one of the prettiest cocktails you can serve. A post from Peggy Abood. When Maureen and I first started talking about sharing cocktail recipes with you, she said we have to do some that are…
Read MoreChocolate Crinkle Cookies with Orange Blossom
Classic chocolate crinkle cookies with orange blossom is a perfect combo: deep, double chocolate flavor with the gentle addition of orange blossom water. Make ahead the dough and freeze the balls to bake off when you’re ready. I haven’t seen a chocolate crinkle cookie on a holiday plate, or made them myself, in a long…
Read MoreWarm Salted Caramel Sauce with Orange Blossom
Homemade salted caramel sauce is simple to make–mine includes a whisper of orange blossom water, so delicious with the caramel flavor. Serve the caramel sauce with sliced apples and more sea salt to garnish. It’s also wonderful over ice cream, apple pie, apple cake, banana bread, and anywhere else you like your caramel. The dinner…
Read MoreSalted Caramel Ice Cream with Orange Blossom
The ultimate ice cream! This recipe for Salted Caramel Ice Cream is adapted from my favorite ice cream book, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. My ice cream maker of choice is this one. The base is made without eggs, but uses cream cheese for flavor and texture. Making the caramel takes close attention; read…
Read MoreBest Lebanese Recipes for Easter, a glass of ice water, and a word of thanks
It has always struck me that the first thing that happens whenever someone walks up the front steps and enters the home of anyone in my family, they are welcomed with a tall glass of ice water. It’s our pineapple, our refreshment. As my father used to say: don’t even ask them. Just put the…
Read MoreLavender-Orange Blossom Shortbread Recipe (Lebanese Graybeh)
Lebanese graybeh are a delicate, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies. They take beautifully to the flavor combination of lavender and orange blossom! I recently spoke to a group of high school students about life as a writer. They were having a whole week of writerly immersion, to encourage the idea that writing isn’t just about that pain-in-the-neck…
Read MoreOrange Blossom Cream Caramels with Sea Salt. A mouthful of happy.
That title, I toyed with it: Cream caramels. Salted Cream Caramels. Orange Blossom Caramels. Orange Blossom Cream Caramels. Then, at last, I couldn’t hold back, and here we are with Orange Blossom Cream Caramels with Sea Salt. The editor in me is apt to lasso such an unwieldy thing as that title and shake it…
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