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Knafeh on a plate with pistachios

Lebanese Knafeh Jibneh with Orange Blossom Syrup

By Maureen Abood On May 3, 2013 · 48 Comments · In Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Your Favorites
One of the greatest of all Lebanese pastries is knafeh jibneh with orange blossom syrup. Knafeh is shredded phyllo dough (find it in Middle Eastern markets) which is filled here with a wonderful cheese blend for a melty, salty-sweet (mostly sweet . . . ) pastry. The Lebanese eat knafeh traditionally for breakfast in a [...]
Read More »
Orange Blossom Simple Syrup, MaureenAbood.com

Orange Blossom Simple Syrup

By Maureen Abood On May 2, 2013 · 11 Comments · In Ingredients, Stories and Recipes
Orange blossom simple syrup is an essential part of many Lebanese pastries. For baklawa, it is important to pour cold syrup over the hot pastry when it comes out of the oven, or to pour hot syrup over cooled pastry, so make it in advance. So many Lebanese pastries rely on orange blossom syrup for [...]
Read More »

Apricot-Walnut Granola with Orange Blossom, and a new life

By Maureen Abood On January 17, 2013 · 32 Comments · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
I haven’t heard my father’s name spoken so many times in the 12 years since he died as I have in the last week. For the first time I truly understand, and I feel, the power of a namesake. It evokes. It reminds. It says: here is the cycle of life. We are born. We [...]
Read More »
Apple butter in a Weck jar

Apple Butter with Orange Blossom

By Maureen Abood On September 28, 2012 · 10 Comments · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Pastry and Sweets, Preserves and Pickles, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Winter
This slow-cooker Apple Butter is intensely flavorful with warm spices, brown sugar, and the added beauty of orange blossom. I’m making a lot of an incredibly good apple butter these days, and it all started with the oatmeal. And habits. Which I haven’t always been great at forming. It’s taken some time and thought to [...]
Read More »

Ingredient: Oranges

By Maureen Abood On November 29, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Ingredients
Little did I know how little I know about oranges. Or so I was told when I visited an orange grove recently, located on the aptly named Orange Blossom Drive here in Southwest Florida where I’m visiting family. These are not the orange blossoms used to make our beloved orange blossom water, by the way—that [...]
Read More »

Orange Blossom Rice Pudding; it’s going to calm you down, too

By Maureen Abood On October 13, 2011 · 22 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Fall, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Winter
The Abood Law firm, in the early days, was located in the heart of downtown Lansing, Michigan on Allegan Street. In the summers as a teenager, I worked there doing all sorts of odd jobs, running documents around and filing down in the lower level. That was really just the sideline to the real work [...]
Read More »
Fatayar triangle in the palm of the hand

Top 20 Recipes of 2020!

By Maureen Abood On December 29, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Techniques
Here are the top 20 recipes of 2020, the recipes you–and there are LOTS of you!–visited most. I know I’ll be revisiting some of my own recipes based on these favorites in the New Year. You’ll find everything from recipes that define a healthy Mediterranean Diet to festive recipes for celebrations. Let’s go!   20: [...]
Read More »
Apple pie on a rack with sugar and spoon

Apple Pie with Stovetop Filling

By Maureen Abood On November 19, 2020 · Add Comment · In Techniques
Apple pie with stovetop filling comes together quickly, and is accented with a whisper of beautiful flower waters (get them here). I have to admit that the apple pie here is typically last or near-last on the list of must-make for Thanksgiving. As a stand-alone pie especially when apple season hits in the fall, apple [...]
Read More »
Apricot Upside Down Cake on a sheet pan

Apricot Upside-Down Cake

By Maureen Abood On July 25, 2020 · Add Comment · In Pastry and Sweets, Summer, Techniques, Your Favorites
Apricot Upside-Down Cake is made with a brown-butter,  brown-sugar topping and soft sponge cake. A hint of orange blossom is perfect here. I’ve never been good at favorites. As in, what’s your favorite cake? What’s your favorite color? What your favorite anything. I love them all. Same with this apricot upside-down cake. I would never [...]
Read More »
White iced shortbread cookie on a cookie rack

Molded Shortbread Cookies

By Maureen Abood On March 21, 2020 · 5 Comments · In Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Your Favorites
Here is another version of ka’ik, this one a molded shortbread cookie. Buttery, crisp, and beautiful, a tradition for Easter. Find ingredients such as mahlab and orange blossom water at MaureenAboodMarket.com, along with the molds here. Why can’t I just leave a good thing alone?! Maybe it’s all of the home-time we’re having these weeks [...]
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Knafeh on a plate with pistachios

Lebanese Knafeh Jibneh with Orange Blossom Syrup

By Maureen Abood On May 3, 2013 · 48 Comments · In Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Your Favorites
One of the greatest of all Lebanese pastries is knafeh jibneh with orange blossom syrup. Knafeh is shredded phyllo dough (find it in Middle Eastern markets) which is filled here with a wonderful cheese blend for a melty, salty-sweet (mostly sweet . . . ) pastry. The Lebanese eat knafeh traditionally for breakfast in a [...]
Read More »
Orange Blossom Simple Syrup, MaureenAbood.com

Orange Blossom Simple Syrup

By Maureen Abood On May 2, 2013 · 11 Comments · In Ingredients, Stories and Recipes
Orange blossom simple syrup is an essential part of many Lebanese pastries. For baklawa, it is important to pour cold syrup over the hot pastry when it comes out of the oven, or to pour hot syrup over cooled pastry, so make it in advance. So many Lebanese pastries rely on orange blossom syrup for [...]
Read More »

Apricot-Walnut Granola with Orange Blossom, and a new life

By Maureen Abood On January 17, 2013 · 32 Comments · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter, Yogurt, Labneh and Laban
I haven’t heard my father’s name spoken so many times in the 12 years since he died as I have in the last week. For the first time I truly understand, and I feel, the power of a namesake. It evokes. It reminds. It says: here is the cycle of life. We are born. We [...]
Read More »
Apple butter in a Weck jar

Apple Butter with Orange Blossom

By Maureen Abood On September 28, 2012 · 10 Comments · In Fall, Gluten-Free, Pastry and Sweets, Preserves and Pickles, Stories and Recipes, Summer, Winter
This slow-cooker Apple Butter is intensely flavorful with warm spices, brown sugar, and the added beauty of orange blossom. I’m making a lot of an incredibly good apple butter these days, and it all started with the oatmeal. And habits. Which I haven’t always been great at forming. It’s taken some time and thought to [...]
Read More »

Ingredient: Oranges

By Maureen Abood On November 29, 2011 · 7 Comments · In Ingredients
Little did I know how little I know about oranges. Or so I was told when I visited an orange grove recently, located on the aptly named Orange Blossom Drive here in Southwest Florida where I’m visiting family. These are not the orange blossoms used to make our beloved orange blossom water, by the way—that [...]
Read More »

Orange Blossom Rice Pudding; it’s going to calm you down, too

By Maureen Abood On October 13, 2011 · 22 Comments · In Christmas, Easter, Fall, Gluten-Free, Grains and Legumes, Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Winter
The Abood Law firm, in the early days, was located in the heart of downtown Lansing, Michigan on Allegan Street. In the summers as a teenager, I worked there doing all sorts of odd jobs, running documents around and filing down in the lower level. That was really just the sideline to the real work [...]
Read More »
Fatayar triangle in the palm of the hand

Top 20 Recipes of 2020!

By Maureen Abood On December 29, 2020 · 2 Comments · In Techniques
Here are the top 20 recipes of 2020, the recipes you–and there are LOTS of you!–visited most. I know I’ll be revisiting some of my own recipes based on these favorites in the New Year. You’ll find everything from recipes that define a healthy Mediterranean Diet to festive recipes for celebrations. Let’s go!   20: [...]
Read More »
Apple pie on a rack with sugar and spoon

Apple Pie with Stovetop Filling

By Maureen Abood On November 19, 2020 · Add Comment · In Techniques
Apple pie with stovetop filling comes together quickly, and is accented with a whisper of beautiful flower waters (get them here). I have to admit that the apple pie here is typically last or near-last on the list of must-make for Thanksgiving. As a stand-alone pie especially when apple season hits in the fall, apple [...]
Read More »
Apricot Upside Down Cake on a sheet pan

Apricot Upside-Down Cake

By Maureen Abood On July 25, 2020 · Add Comment · In Pastry and Sweets, Summer, Techniques, Your Favorites
Apricot Upside-Down Cake is made with a brown-butter,  brown-sugar topping and soft sponge cake. A hint of orange blossom is perfect here. I’ve never been good at favorites. As in, what’s your favorite cake? What’s your favorite color? What your favorite anything. I love them all. Same with this apricot upside-down cake. I would never [...]
Read More »
White iced shortbread cookie on a cookie rack

Molded Shortbread Cookies

By Maureen Abood On March 21, 2020 · 5 Comments · In Easter, Pastry and Sweets, Techniques, Your Favorites
Here is another version of ka’ik, this one a molded shortbread cookie. Buttery, crisp, and beautiful, a tradition for Easter. Find ingredients such as mahlab and orange blossom water at MaureenAboodMarket.com, along with the molds here. Why can’t I just leave a good thing alone?! Maybe it’s all of the home-time we’re having these weeks [...]
Read More »
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