Sfouf - Moroccan Ramadan Sweet Recipe
The good thing about this recipe is that with things like nuts that are dry and not prone to spoil, you can do a little something every day such as roast the ingredients one day, blend it all another day etc. Otherwise, it can be a bit overwhelming without extra help. If you have a big family or older kids it's fun to make it a family thing you can do all together while maybe listening to some Ramadhan reminders or nasheeds. Enjoy ;)
Ingredients
- 1 kg Flour
- 1 kg Almonds
- 1 kg Peanuts
- 1 kg Golden brown sesame seeds - save some whole for garnish or mixing in after
- 1/4 kg Powdered sugar or Honey (to taste) - (I only use the honey though as I feel this is more than enough sweetness)
- 1-2 tblsp Ground Anise seeds -
- 1/4 tsp Gum Arabic, powdered - (this is optional, I don't use it)
- 3 to 4 tblsp Ground cinnamon & nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 kg Clarified Butter or a little oil for mixing
Instructions
- Boil, peel, roast and then grind the fresh almonds
- Roast, peel and grind the peanuts
- Roast and grind the sesame seeds
- Roast the flour till brown then sift
- Roast & grind the Anise seeds
- Place all the above dry ingredients together in a suitable sized mixing bowl
- Melt the butter with the honey into a liquid but not to boiling point (add the sugar and salt if using it)
- Mix the liquid mix into the dry ingredients and blend thoroughly into moist crumble
- (If you ant your mixture to be of a mouldable consistency just add more butter and honey mix or oil if preferred)
- Some people prefer to fry the almonds rather than roast as it makes them slightly more moist and flavorsome but I prefer the healthier option and have also used fine brown sugar on occasions instead of icing sugar, and can confirm it as just as tasty ;)