Kourabiedes

Ingredients

• Jib. of butter
• the same quantity of flour
• Jib. of caster sugar
• a little salt
• sufficient orange-flower water

Method

1. 1

   Work the butter into the flour, mix in the sugar and salt.

2. 2

   Make a firm paste with orange-flower water, knead, and form into balls the size of small oranges.

3. 3

   Lay them on buttered paper and bake in a moderate oven for thirty minutes.

4. 4

   Remove paper and serve with sugar sprinkled over them.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopaedia of practical cookery (1892) by Theodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson, page 200. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

KOURABIEDES.— These are a kind of cake made in Turkey, and very much beloved by the ladies of the harem. They are sometimes served in soups, and are manufactured as follows : Work Jib . of butter into the same quantity of flour, and mix in slowly Jib. of caster sugar and a little salt. Make it into a firm paste by adding sufficient orange-flower water

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