Briwat Recipe (Sweet Almond Pastries)

Want to make one of the most popular cake/pastry that is eaten in Morocco? Briwat are so easy to make and are made throughout the year, especially in Ramadan to break your fast or on Eid. Filo pastry/spring roll pastry is used on the outside with sweet almond filling on the inside, dipped in honey and sprinkled with sesame seeds at the end- yum!

It’s so easy to make if you follow my simple recipe!

Ingredients:
Filo pastry (Spring roll pastry)
100g of almonds
90g of sugar
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of orange blossom water
2 teaspoons of cinnamon powder
1 egg
Vegetable oil for frying
1 jar of honey to dip each pastry in at the end
Sesame seeds for decoration

• Make the almond filling:
  – Wash the almonds. Pour boiling water on the almonds, leave for 10 minutes. Then peel the skin off (should be very easy to come off at this point, if not pour more hot water on it).- Once all the skin has been peeled off pour in the sugar mix then blend it in a blender until you get a fine texture.- Pour into a bowl then add the rest of the ingredients, 2 table spoons of butter, 2 tablespoons of orange blossom water and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon the mix with your hands. You should be able to easily shape it in your hands. Roll a small balls and set aside. (Walnut size or smaller depending on the size of the cut filo pastry)

 

•  Cut the pastry:
  – Take one sheet of the pastry and cut it lengthways into 4 strips about 2cm wide. Put the small ball of almond paste at the top towards the corner of the strip of filo pastry and start folding (like your making samosas). Keep a triangle shape whilst folding ensuring there is no holes for the filling to come out when frying. Left to right then right to left.- You will need to brush an egg yolk to close the pastry. So, with a fork mix the egg and brush the remaining piece of the filo sheet with the egg.- Once you have done this and used all the almond paste and you have small triangle pastries, you are ready to start frying!

  – So, when the oil is hot add the pastries and cook on both sides until you have a nice golden colour.

  – Dip it into the honey whilst hot and leave it for about 1 minute in a bowl then sprinkle some sesame seeds on top.

 

I hope you found this recipe easy to follow.
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