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Assalaamu alaikum Umm Aiman :D
The recipe that I use for the Qalb Luz is as follows:
500 grams semolina
250 grams sugar
1 cup margarine or butter
1 cup Orange flower water (a little more if necessary)
Combine all the ingredients to make a sticky paste. Bake at gas 4 until golden. Cut into diamonds and pour syrup over. (for the syrup bring to boil and simmer: 12 ounces sugar, 1 1/2 pints water, 2 tbsp Orange flower water. At the end add in 1 tbsp honey.)
As for the date and semolina sandwiches, do you mean mathaqaba possibly? Mathaqaba is a big favourite with my husband and his family. It is quite simple really, just a mixture of semolina, butter and orange flower water and then as you say a layer of date in the middle. These are cooked on the hotplate rather than baked in the oven.
I use:
2 cups course semolina
1/2 cup melted marg or butter
about 1/2 cup of Orange flower water
pinch of salt
work the marg into the semolina and salt and then add the water so you get a workable dough (not too crumbly but not too sticky). Divide mixture in half and roll out into a square half a cm thick. Cover the surface with a thin layer of mashed date. Cover this layer with the remaining half of the semolina mixture. Cut into diamonds. Place onto hotplate and cook on a low to medium heat keeping a sharp eye on them, turning regularly so they don't burn.
Hope this helps....
Salaams for now, Umm Maryam ;)
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