Mafroukeh

Name: Mafroukeh
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Saudi Arabian
Ingredients: 2 cups dates, mashed; 1 cup flour; 1/2 cup ghee; 1/2 tsp cardamom

مفروكة/maf-ROO-kah/

About this dish

A sweet date and flour dessert paste, cooked with ghee until rich and fragrant.

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Ingredients

🌴2 cups dates, mashed

🌾1 cup flour

🧈1/2 cup ghee

🌿1/2 tsp cardamom

Method

Serves 3

Toast the flour in ghee until lightly golden and fragrant.

Mix in the mashed dates and cardamom.

Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture forms a smooth, thick paste.

Press into a shallow dish and smooth the top.

Cool slightly and cut into squares to serve.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Mafroukeh is a traditional Saudi sweet, made by slowly cooking flour and dates together into a rich confection.

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