Basboussa Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Melt butter, allow to cool to room temperature.
• Combine sugar and buttermilk in a large bowl.
• Combine the semolina, vanilla, baking powder and baking soda in a separate bowl.
• Add semolina mixture to buttermilk mixture, mix well, then add melted butter, and mix well.
• Spray an 11x7 inch pan with cooking spray, pour in the mixture; You may also use a 13x9 inch pan, and bake for 25 minutes instead of 30.
• Let sit for 20 minutes.
• Bake for 30 minutes, pour sugar syrup over it while still warm.
• This is usually served with tea or coffee.
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• Combine sugar, water and juice of half a lemon in a saucepan.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and allow to simmer for 20-25 minutes, mixture should thicken when it cools.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together the semolina flour, 1/2 cup of sugar, yogurt, oil, coconut, and baking powder. Set aside for 30 minutes.
• In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stir together the water, 1 3/4 cups sugar, and rosewater. Bring to a boil, and boil for 3 or 4 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside to cool to room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread the semolina batter into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking pan. Slice into squares or diamonds, and place on almond half onto each piece.
• Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until light brown. Switch the oven setting to broil, and broil until the top is golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the oven, and pour the syrup over the squares. Serve warm.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8 inch square baking dish.
• In a large bowl, mix together the semolina flour, baking powder, 1 cup sugar, coconut and butter. Add the yogurt and milk; mix until moistened but not runny or liquid. If you see that it is too dry, add more milk. Spread into a greased 8 inch square baking dish, smoothing the top as much as possible. Decorate the top with whole almonds.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. While the basboosa is baking, combine the water, 1 cup of sugar and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, and cook for at least 5 minutes.
• When the basboosa has finished baking, pour the syrup over it as evenly as possible. Place it back in the oven for about 5 minutes, or until the syrup has been fully absorbed. Let rest for about 20 minutes before cutting into pieces and serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the flour, coconut and baking powder in a bowl with a fork. Next add the sugar followed by the butter. Add the yogurt and mix with the fork until fully incorporated. The batter should still have a somewhat sandy texture.
• Pour the batter into a greased cake pan. If desired, sprinkle with the slivered almonds.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
• Five minutes before the cake is done, prepare the simple syrup. Combine the water and sugar in a sauce pan over the stop top on medium-low heat. As soon as all the sugar dissolves, add the lime juice and turn off the heat. Once the sauce pan has been removed from the heat, add the vanilla. As soon as you take the cake out of the oven, pour the syrup over its surface. It's important that both the cake and syrup are piping hot in order for the cake to fully absorb the syrup. This ensures a divinely dense and sticky cake.
• Serve with berries and creme fraiche. Bel hana well sheffah! (Bon appetite in Arabic)
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the flour, coconut and baking powder in a bowl with a fork. Next add the sugar followed by the butter. Add the yogurt and mix with the fork until fully incorporated. The batter should still have a somewhat sandy texture.
• Pour the batter into a greased cake pan. If desired, sprinkle with the slivered almonds.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
• Five minutes before the cake is done, prepare the simple syrup. Combine the water and sugar in a sauce pan over the stop top on medium-low heat. As soon as all the sugar dissolves, add the lime juice and turn off the heat. Once the sauce pan has been removed from the heat, add the vanilla. As soon as you take the cake out of the oven, pour the syrup over its surface. It's important that both the cake and syrup are piping hot in order for the cake to fully absorb the syrup. This ensures a divinely dense and sticky cake.
• Serve with berries and creme fraiche. Bel hana well sheffah! (Bon appetite in Arabic)
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the flour, coconut and baking powder in a bowl with a fork. Next add the sugar followed by the butter. Add the yogurt and mix with the fork until fully incorporated. The batter should still have a somewhat sandy texture.
• Pour the batter into a greased cake pan. If desired, sprinkle with the slivered almonds.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
• Five minutes before the cake is done, prepare the simple syrup. Combine the water and sugar in a sauce pan over the stop top on medium-low heat. As soon as all the sugar dissolves, add the lime juice and turn off the heat. Once the sauce pan has been removed from the heat, add the vanilla. As soon as you take the cake out of the oven, pour the syrup over its surface. It's important that both the cake and syrup are piping hot in order for the cake to fully absorb the syrup. This ensures a divinely dense and sticky cake.
• Serve with berries and creme fraiche. Bel hana well sheffah! (Bon appetite in Arabic)
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the flour, coconut and baking powder in a bowl with a fork. Next add the sugar followed by the butter. Add the yogurt and mix with the fork until fully incorporated. The batter should still have a somewhat sandy texture.
• Pour the batter into a greased cake pan. If desired, sprinkle with the slivered almonds.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
• Five minutes before the cake is done, prepare the simple syrup. Combine the water and sugar in a sauce pan over the stop top on medium-low heat. As soon as all the sugar dissolves, add the lime juice and turn off the heat. Once the sauce pan has been removed from the heat, add the vanilla. As soon as you take the cake out of the oven, pour the syrup over its surface. It's important that both the cake and syrup are piping hot in order for the cake to fully absorb the syrup. This ensures a divinely dense and sticky cake.
• Serve with berries and creme fraiche. Bel hana well sheffah! (Bon appetite in Arabic)

Steps:

• Prepare syrup first.
• Dissolve sugar inwater in a medium saucepan.
• Add lemon juice and bring to a boil.
• Once the syrup begins to boil, add in honey.
• Reduce heat and allow to slowly boil for about 8-10 minutes.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Lightly grease and flour a 9x12 baking dish.
• Cream together butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Add eggs and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, combine semolina, baking powder, and baking soda.
• Slowly add to butter and egg mixture.
• Stir in milk.
• Pour mixture into baking dish and smooth with spoon.
• Take a butter knife and make diagonal lines from left to right and complete to make diamond shapes.
• Place an almond in the center of each diamond.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven and pour syrup over cake until no more can be absorbed.
• Allow to cool for 20 minutes.
• Serve immediately with a dollop of whipped cream.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350°F or 180°C and grease an 8-inch (20-cm) square baking pan with the tahini.
• Put all the dry ingredients for the cake into a large mixing bowl and mix to combine. Add the milk, yogurt, and melted butter, then use an electric whisk to beat until it forms a smooth, creamy batter.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan, then arrange the almonds in a 4 x 4 grid pattern on the cake, so that each slice will have an almond in the center when sliced. Bake in the hot oven for 40 minutes.
• While the cake is cooking, make the syrup by putting all of the ingredients into a saucepan with ½ cup (4 fl. oz. or 120 ml) of water. Let the sugar dissolve over a moderate heat, then turn the heat up and boil until it has a syrupy consistency (about 10 minutes). Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
• Remove the cake from the oven and, while it's still hot, pour the syrup all over it. Allow the cake to stand in the pan for 20 minutes to absorb the syrup, then slice into 16 squares and serve.