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Here is a recipe that takes you to the heart of North Africa! The Briouats aux cacahuètes, a delight from Tunisia, are small cakes wrapped in authenticity and flavor. Indulge yourself by preparing these ball-shaped pastries filled with peanut and sesame paste, enveloped in pastilla leaves for an unparalleled result.

🥘 Ingredients

• 700g peanuts
• 300g sesame seeds
• 3 teacups of powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground gum arabic
• 1/2 teacup orange flower water
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2kg honey
• 1kg pastilla leaves
• 1 egg yolk
• Oil for frying

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. Roast the peanuts in a pan until they are well golden, then remove them from the pan and rub them to remove the skin.
2. Roast the sesame seeds in a pan.
3. Put the roasted peanuts, roasted sesame seeds, and powdered sugar in a grinder until smooth, add the ground gum arabic, cinnamon, orange flower water, melted butter and knead them together to obtain a thick paste.
4. Take small balls from this paste, about cherry size.
5. Cut the pastilla leaves into a rectangle shape of 7cm x 20cm.
6. Place the cut leaf on the table, put the peanut ball at one end and fold or roll to form a triangle, stick the ends with the egg yolk ensuring to enclose the filling, continue this way until all the filling is used up.
7. Fry the briouats in a large pan filled with hot oil and dip them hot into honey, drain.
8. Serve cold.

🏷 Tags: Entrées Cacahuètes Sésames Sucre Gomme arabique Fleur d’oranger Canelle