Tagged With: apricot
Phaklava apricot pastry
For my variation on the classic phaklava pastry from Georgia, I used hazelnuts and dried apricots instead of walnuts. These are two ingredients that are also widely used in Georgian cuisine. They make the phaklava apricot pastry lighter and fruitier …
Rusk cookie with apricots
My large cookie tin with rusks was emptied amazingly fast for such a simple and not too sweet cookie. In South African shops you can find so many different variations of the rusk. Supermarket shelves are filled with rusks made …
Orange apricot cookie
For my variation on the traditional makrout cookie from Algeria I used fresh orange juice and grated orange rind instead of orange blossom water. It is interesting to find that the different parts of a plant can give such different …
prune-apricot cookie
I liked the traditional Alexander cake cookie from Latvia a lot, but it is quite sweet. For my variation I chose a filling with dried apricots and prunes that is less sugary. Dried fruits and berries are widely used in …