013 – Briwat

Ingredients :

• 1 roll of Fillo dough (or pastilla dough if you can find it)
• 2 cups of walnuts
• 2 Tbsp of sugar
• 1 Tbsp of cinnamon
• 2 1/2 Tbsp of butter
• 1 Tbsp of orange blossom
• Melted buttter
• Egg yolk
• Honey
• Sesame seeds

Directions :

1. Steps to make the walnut filling:
   1- Drizzle oil on a cooking pan and roast the walnuts for 2 minutes to enhance their flavor.
   2- Grind very finely the walnuts. You might have to do this process 2-3 times until you get a very smooth consistency.
   3- Continue grinding the walnut with the sugar and cinnamon.
   4- Add the melted butter and blossom water to the walnuts paste.
2. Steps to roll the Briwat:
   1- Because Fillo dough is a very delicate dough, take 2 leafs of Fillo dough (one on top of the other).
   2- Generously brush the top Fillo leaf with melted butter.
   3- Cut the Fillo in 4 long strips.
   4- Put the filling in the left tip of the stip then cover the filling with the right tip to make a triangle. (see Briwat video)
   5- Keep moving the Fillo dough strip left and right to make a triangle.
   6- Brush the last tip of the Fillo with egg yolk and close the Briwat.
   Note: Don’t worry if the Briwat are not perfect, once they are fried, all the imperfections will disappear 🙂
3. Steps to cook the Briwat:
   1- In hot oil, fry the Briwat for few minutes until golden brown.
   2- Drain the Briwat from the oil, and dip them in warm honey.
   3- Drain the Briwat from the honey and sprinkle them with sesame seeds.
   4- Serve cold with Moroccan tea!