First published July 2013, updated Jun 2017. Zabadee el Mishmish is a delightful chilled Egyptian dessert of apricots, cottage cheese and yoghurt. I learnt to make this from a colleague in London who used to regale us with stories and…
Mahalabia (also spelled muhallabia, muhalabia, muhallebi, mahalabiya – and closely related to malabi) is the Middle East’s answer to a chilled milk pudding: softly set, lightly sweet, and scented with rose water or orange blossom water. It takes about 10…
First published Sep 2011. Updated June 2017. I suppose the most well known Middle Eastern pastry. I adore baklava and find them terribly addictive, never being able to stop at a sensible number! Unfortunately for me, when it comes to…