10 Moroccan Desserts You Need to Try in Morocco
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- 27 Jul 2022
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Discover a rich, sweet, and utterly divine side of a famously fiery and spicy cuisine with these Moroccan desserts, and take yourself on a culinary journey like no other.
The desserts of Morocco bring wondrous textures and unique flavors to the foray and offer something all foodies and travelers can enjoy. Let’s dive in, and find out more about 10 must-try dishes on the sweeter side of Moroccan food.
1 – Saikouk (Cooked Barley Semolina with Whey Milk)
A popular ingredient in North African dishes, barley semolina is a substitute for corn semolina. This ingredient is more prevalent in Western cooking and is often used in making couscous.
In fact, the creamy and delicious saikouk is cooked in a couscoussier, the double pot used to steam couscous. Most Moroccan families make saikouk for their Friday meal to use any leftover semolina that was not made into couscous.
Although a simple dish, you can still try out the saikouk for yourself by finding the many street vendors that sell it. This dessert will give you the authentic taste of traditional Morocco like no other sweet food.
2 – Sellou (Toasted Flour with Almonds and Sesame Seeds)
Sellou is another Moroccan sweet featuring the country’s traditional, earthy flavors of sesame seeds, almonds, and star anise.
The recipe uses simple everyday ingredients that can be found in any Moroccan household, but the preparation does take a little time and patience.
Sellou, also called sfouf or zmita, is a cake decorated with almonds. Each ingredient is cooked separately to maximize its flavor then is combined into a delightful dessert where the smokiness of the herbs and the earthiness of the sesame seeds and almonds amalgamate into one heavenly bite. Read More...
