
Sobremesa · Algeria · Algiers
Qaran b'l-Ghzal (Gazelle Horns) 🌙
The showpiece of every Algiers wedding tray: roasted almonds ground into a fragrant orange-blossom paste, shaped into crescents, and shrink-wrapped in a pastry so thin it reads through like letter paper. Slow-baked at 150°C so they stay pale as moonlight.
Modo de preparo
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1
Toast almonds 20-25 minutes at 150°C until fragrant; cool slightly.
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2
Rub flour, cold butter and salt to breadcrumbs; add egg, oil and 1 1/2 tbsp orange blossom water; knead smooth, wrap, rest 30 minutes.
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3
Process almonds fine, then pulse with sugar, cinnamon, egg and 1 tbsp orange blossom water into a paste.
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4
Roll walnut-sized logs of filling, crescent-shaped, fingertips to make the curve.
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5
Roll pastry very thin; wrap each horn snugly, trim, and seal the edges so no filling shows.
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6
Bake 10-12 minutes at 150°C — they must stay pale — and dust with powdered sugar while warm.


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