Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, semolina cake in sugar syrup - nammoura. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Namora is a semolina cake soaked in sugar syrup that is often found on baklava platters. Combine three cups sugar, lemon juice, and water in a small saucepan. Place the semolina, melted butter and sugar in a large bowl and stir until well combined; set aside.

Semolina cake in sugar syrup - nammoura is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Semolina cake in sugar syrup - nammoura is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook semolina cake in sugar syrup - nammoura using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Semolina cake in sugar syrup - nammoura:

1. Make ready 1 kg semolina
2. Prepare 1 cup sugar
3. Make ready 1 cup milk
4. Make ready 1 cup vegetable oil
5. Take 1/2 teaspoon mastic gum, crushed in ½ teaspoon sugar
6. Prepare 4 teaspoons baking powder
7. Take 3 teaspoons orange blossom water
8. Prepare 3 teaspoons rose water
9. Prepare 1 teaspoon tahini, sesame paste
10. Take - For the sugar syrup:
11. Make ready 2 1/2 cups sugar
12. Get 1 1/2 cups water
13. Prepare 1 teaspoon rose water
14. Get 1 teaspoon orange blossom water
15. Make ready 1 teaspoon lemon juice
16. Prepare - For garnishing:
17. Get 25 almonds, cut in halves

The nammoura will keep up to a week in an air-tight container. Make the syrup while the cakes are baking. Dense cake/bars with Middle Eastern flavors like rose water and orange blossom water. Good for every occasion, great after a meal, or with tea or coffee.

Steps to make Semolina cake in sugar syrup - nammoura:

1. To prepare the sugar syrup, put the sugar and water in a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Leave to boil then add the lemon juice and keep on medium heat for 10 min until the syrup thickens. Add the orange blossom water and rose water. Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl.
2. For the batter, mix all the ingredients together, except the tahini.
3. Grease the bottom and sides of a 30 cm diameter baking tray with the tahini. Spread evenly the batter in the tray and leave to rest at room temperature for 1½ hr.
4. Preheat the oven to medium heat. Put the tray in the oven on the middle rack and bake for around 30 min.
5. Remove from the oven and cut the cake into lozenges while still in the pan. Return the tray to the oven on the top rack until the cake's surface turns golden brown.
6. Turn off the oven. Pour the sugar syrup over the cake while it is still hot and place it back in the oven for a while until the syrup is absorbed.
7. Take out the cake and place an almond in the middle of each lozenge piece. Serve at room temperature.

For a different flavor, you can use a cinnamon stick in the sugar syrup. I chose to soak my Semolina Cake in orange juice and orange blossom water, and the combination is outstanding. The syrup has just melted into the cake and you can see this wonderful sheen coming through. The first bites and we feel the moistness of this cake. Start making the syrup a few minutes before removing the cake from the oven since both the syrup and the cake have to be hot.

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