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A traditional arabic dessert. Sweet, creamy, and delicious, known as Layali Lubnan (Lebanon Nights).
Nevertheless, it’s not only a delicious dessert, but it’s healthy too. My kids like to eat it as breakfast, haha, I guess we all do….
It’s a cold farina wheat pudding, or you can use the fine semolina, cooked with milk and cream, flavored with arabic most favourite flavors; mastic gum, rose water and blossom water. If you don’t like the flavors, you can add the vanilla.
Topped with whipping cream and any kind of chopped nuts, but the traditional with the pistachio. I added up some fruits on the top, you can use any kind you like, or may be you serve it without.
Drizzle the top with some sugar syrup. If you don’t like the sugar syrup you can substitute with the honey.
Friends and family gatherings most lovely dessert, you can also serve it in an individual small dishes, and top it with different topping as you prefer.
You can find most of the ingredients in the middle eastern stores, the Nestle table cream some times find it at Wal-Mart Supermarket in the hispanic section.
Farina Pudding Pie (Layali Lubnan).
1\2 cup farina wheat or fine semolina
2 1\2 cups milk
1\2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1\4 teaspoon finely ground mastic gum
1 cup liquid cream or nestle table cream
1 tablespoon rose water
1 tablespoon blossom water
for the topping
whipping cream, whipped
pistachio nuts, coarsely chopped
fruits of any you like, I used strawberries and bananas
honey or blossom favored sugar syrup(recipe follow)
In a saucepan, on medium heat, place the farina, milk, sugar, mastic gum, and an egg. Beat together,and stir to boil.
Lower the heat, stirring vigorously until it starts to thickens. Add the nestle cream, stir, keep it on the heat for a couple more minutes
Remove the saucepan from the heat; add rose water and orange blossom water. Stir and pour over a large serving plate or individual bowls. Set aside until it cools.
Decorate with the whipped cream all over the top then sprinkle with pistachio and your favorite fruit, with some drizzles of honey or sugar syrup on the top.
Enjoy with your kids any time.
for the sugar syrup
1 cup water
1\2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon blossom water
1 teaspoon lemon juice with the lemon peel
1 tablespoon corn syrup
Put all together in a sauce pan except for the lemon juice and the peel, bring to boil, lower the heat, after 10 min add the lemon juice and the peel, let boil for a couple of minutes more, turn it of.
Christy said:
Wow, this is lovely! What an appetizing treat for breakfast, I don’t think only your kids will enjoy it, even I am tempted to have this for breakfast 😉
A healthy yet energy booster to start the day, yummy! 🙂
Good Cooks said:
Thanks you for stopping by, have a good day 🙂
fati's recipes said:
Oh yumm, this looks so good, I really want to make it, but I’m unsure of where to get mastic gum from, is it just “miskeh”? If it is then I think I may have some in the back of my pantry! 😀
Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing this!
Good Cooks said:
Hi Fati, yes it’s the same arabic mistakeh.
Thanks for your kind words.
fati's recipes said:
Samaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! OH MY GOD! I tried this dish at my mum’s friend house yesterday! It was AMAZING! I already wanted to make it after I saw it on your blog, but now after I actually tried some, I REAAAAALLLLY want to make it! It is SO YUMMY! I can’t believe it, I think there shouldn’t be food that tastes this good because it can pose some serious health problems!
I am so happy that you’ve done this recipe and posted it because I wouldn’t have a clue how to make it! She also served with with strawberries, which was so yummy! I want to thank you again for posting it, now I can get the opportunity to make it! YUM~~ 😀
Good Cooks said:
Good so you can make it again, very happy to hear from you, thanks so much Fati.
Nami | Just One Cookbook said:
Hi Samah! I am happy to learn about traditional Arabic dessert. It looks very pretty and sure I can eat this for breakfast. =) Samah, your photos are ALWAYS so beautiful. I enjoy looking at them – all the photos look they are from the magazine!
Good Cooks said:
I’m very happy that you like it, and very thank you for your sweet words.
Geni - Sweet and Crumby said:
I can’t wait to surprise my friend who is Lebanese with this fabulous looking pudding pie. It looks fantastic. I do have a Middle Eastern market in town, but what is Mastic Gum and do I find it already ground or do I grind it? Thanks!
Good Cooks said:
Hi Geni, the other name of it is misteka, it’s in the picture of ingredients, the small container with yellow small seeds in it. You can find it in the arabic store, just say misteka.
Thanks for dropping by.
thefooddoctor said:
I love the picture! the colors and styling are really stunning
one of my all time favorite recipes
Good Cooks said:
Oh, thank you Sonson, this is your eyes that are sweet.
anh@anhsfoodblog.com said:
Absolutely stunning! I love this kind of milk dessert!
Good Cooks said:
Me tooo…
Thank you Anh for stopping by, happy to see you here.
carol said:
Hi, the recipe looks good and the picture even better and i am planning on trying it and was wondering if i can substitute the nestle by the sweetened condensed milk?
thanks a lot!
Good Cooks said:
Hi there, I guess you can.
Thanks for stopping by and sorry for the delay in response
aziza said:
how long did u have to keep it in the fridge before serving?
Good Cooks said:
Hi there.
As long as the pudding has set up…. 3-4 hours