name of this traditional Moroccan baking comes from the Arabic word M'hanncha- snake.Rolls fold helix that is shaped like a snake.Traditionally, this sweet is made of filo dough stuffed with ground almonds flavored water from orange flowers.Optionally, you can cook one large loaf or three smaller ones.
you need:
225g almond melkomolotogo
100-150 grams of powdered sugar (to taste)
2-3 Art.l.water from orange flowers (Fleurs d'Oranger)
½-1 hour. l.natural almond essence
1 egg white
80-100 g melted butter
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. greased baking sheet 30 x 38 cm, vystelit baking paper.
Fry the almonds on a dry frying pan until golden brown.Beat white until soft peaks form.Pour the almonds in a bowl, add water from orange flowers, icing sugar, almond essence and mix thoroughly.Add half of the whipped egg white (albumen remaining in the future is not used), and knead to a smooth consistency.
Divide almond paste into 3 equal parts.From every part of the form a long cylinder of 2.5 cm thick. Put on your work surface and a sheet of phyllo dough with a brush carefully melted butter to grease.
Cover with second sheet of dough and grease again.Put "cylinder" of the almond paste on the dough, departing 2 cm from the edge, roll the dough and roll.Repeat the entire process from the remaining dough and almond paste, to yield 3 roll.
Put rolls on a baking sheet and gently roll each spiral.(Close cracks appeared small pieces of dough).Coat the top of the spiral butter and place in oven for 30-35 minutes.Bake until golden brown.Sue on a baking sheet.Serve, sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Thinking aloud:
most difficult thing is to form helices.The dough is still cracking.I think in order to avoid this it is better to lubricate all 6 sheets of dough folded on one another and cover with a damp towel.
Number of powdered sugar depends on personal taste.In the original recipe used 250 In our view, it is unrealistic to many, so much the amount reduced.
Optionally water from orange flowers can be replaced with rose water, pistachios and almonds with ground.Very often in the almond paste is added cinnamon.
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