Pistachio and Rose Water Semolina Cake
Pistachio and Rose Water Semolina Cake

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Rose flavouring and pistachios have a wonderful synergy going on; the subtle, creamy flavour of this green nut complements the sharp, floral and musky rose extremely well. Let's quickly take a look at a couple of things we need to know for this cake. Rose Water in our Semolina Cake.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook pistachio and rose water semolina cake using 36 ingredients and 27 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pistachio and Rose Water Semolina Cake:
  1. Take Candied Edible Flowers
  2. Get 1 large egg white
  3. Take 40 pesticide free flower petals
  4. Make ready 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  5. Prepare Cake Topping
  6. Make ready 1/4 cup pistachios
  7. Make ready 1/4 cup almonds
  8. Get 2 cardamom pods
  9. Get 3 tbsp cane sugar
  10. Get 1 tbsp salt
  11. Get 1 tbsp unsalted butter
  12. Make ready Cake
  13. Prepare 3 cardamom pods
  14. Get 1 cup shelled pistachio kernels
  15. Prepare 1 cup almonds
  16. Get 1 cup semolina
  17. Prepare 2 tsp baking powder
  18. Get 1 tsp baking soda
  19. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
  20. Take 1 1/3 cups unsalted butter, room temp
  21. Make ready 1 2/3 cups cane sugar
  22. Prepare 4 large eggs, separated
  23. Make ready zest of 2 medium or 1 large lemon
  24. Take 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
  25. Prepare 2 tbsp rose water
  26. Get 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  27. Prepare Rose Cream
  28. Take 2 cups heavy cream
  29. Get 1 cup home made creme fraiche (see separate recipe)
  30. Get 1 tbsp cane sugar
  31. Make ready 1 tbsp rose water
  32. Prepare 1 cup pomegranate arils
  33. Make ready Rose Syrup
  34. Get 1/2 cup lemon juice
  35. Make ready 1/3 cup rose water
  36. Take 1/2 cup cane sugar

Transfer pistachio mixture to a bowl with the almond flour, semolina, baking powder and salt. Place the butter and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat until pale and. In both cities, the baking section had extracts like elderflower and rose water more readily available (in addition to some more unusual ones like sea buckthorn berries). It was with this in mind that my rhubarb geometry found itself under a pistachio, rose water, and semolina cake.

Instructions to make Pistachio and Rose Water Semolina Cake:
  1. Candied Rose Petals - Preheat oven to 200º
  2. Laquer egg white on petal, sprinkle sugar on each side, place on baking sheet lined with silpat. Bake for 30 mins. Remove to cooling rack.
  3. Cake Topping
  4. In food processor, combine almonds and 1 tbsp sugar until fine. Reserve.
  5. Roughly chop pistachios.
  6. In small saucepan add butter over medium heat. When melted, add pistachios until coated.
  7. In a small mixing bowl, add 2 tbsp sugar and 1 tbsp salt with 1 ramekin cardamom. Whisk together.
  8. Toss pistachios until coated. In a fine sieve, gently shake and reserve.
  9. Cake - Increase oven to 350º
  10. Grease a 9 inch pan and line with parchment paper.
  11. Pick through pistachios for any off color nuts. Roast all pistachios for 6 minutes. Set aside to cool.
  12. Roast almonds for 7-8 minutes, set aside to cool.
  13. Crack cardamom pods, 3 at a time, grind and reserve separately. (If you're obsessive/compulsive, you can cover the ramekin with plastic wrap so no flavor is lost.)
  14. In food processor, grind 1 cup pistachios with 1 tbsp sugar until coarse, not fine. Repeat for 1 cup almonds.
  15. Rub lemon peel with 1 tbsp sugar until fine.
  16. Add pistachios, almonds, one ramekin cardamom, semolina, baking powder, and salt. Whisk until mixed and reserve.
  17. Place butter and remaining sugar in bowl of an electric mixer with paddle. Beat on medium-high speed until combined.
  18. Reduce speed to low. Add egg yolks one at a time, scraping the side of the bowl as necessary. Add rose water, lemon juice, and vanilla extract until just combined.
  19. Pour mixture into a large mixing bowl.
  20. Clean electric mixing bowl, whip egg whites until stiff peaks form.
  21. Add dry ingredients to wet, fold together. Add 1/4 of egg white, mix with spatula until combined. Add 1/4 more egg white, folding. Add remaining 1/2 egg white, folding in more gently this time.
  22. Add batter to pan, level with small offset spatula.Bake for 55-60 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
  23. Rose Syrup
  24. You want the syrup to be warm when the cake comes out of the oven, so 10 minutes before the cake is ready, combine ingredients in a sauce pan, bring to a boil, stir so the sugar dissolves, and set aside.
  25. As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, pour evenly over the top. Sprinkle with almond mixture and pistachios. Set on cooling rack to room temperature. Remove from pan. Add flowers. Serve with rose cream and pomegranate arils.
  26. Rose cream
  27. Whip heavy cream until stiff, adding sugar and rose water halfway through. Remove and fold in creme fraiche. Refrigerate until needed.

Since pistachios, cardamom, and rose water are ingredients commonly used in the Mediterranean cuisine, this cake couldn't be missing from this blog! Making a cake from scratch can be a time consuming job, especially nowadays when we have so much more on our plates. Almond Cake With Cardamom and Pistachio NYT Cooking: This moist and springy Persian almond cake is generously spiced with ground cardamom (two full teaspoons). Super easy and quick recipe for delicious lemon semolina cake also known as Basbousa. Fully vegan, dairy free and eggless.

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