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Mhalabiyye (Lebanese Milk Pudding)

Name: Mhalabiyye (Lebanese Milk Pudding)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Lebanon
Ingredients: milk 800 ml; cornstarch 50 g; sugar 70 g; orange blossom water 15 ml; rose water 10 ml; pistachios, chopped 40 g; water 100 ml

Cooling milk pudding scented with orange blossom water and rose.

30 minutes · 6 servings · Easy

Mhalabiyye is served cold and that is a real constraint, not a preference. The pudding has to set without skins forming on the surface, so it is covered as it cools, and orange blossom water is added once the heat has dropped. It is a light end to a heavy meal, and it is poured rather than scooped.

Ingredients

milk800 ml
cornstarch50 g
sugar70 g
orange blossom water15 ml
rose water10 ml
pistachios, chopped40 g
water100 ml

Directions

1
Mix cornstarch and water to a smooth slurry.
2
Heat milk with sugar; add slurry and cook 8 minutes until thick.
3
Add orange blossom and rose water; pour into cups.
4
Chill 2 hours; top with pistachio.

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