Month: October 2020

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Eggless Almond Condensed Milk Cookies

Almond condensed milk cookies are eggless cookies that are soft and easy to make.

The dough in these cookies still soft even if it was chilled for 1 hour.
It is hard to roll out the soft dough and use cookie cutters unless we add more all purpose flour to it .

Since I want to use more almond flour than all purpose flour in this recipe, I find it easy to just shape the dough into small balls.
I made a batch of cookies by using the same ingredients as the ones in this recipe but different amounts. The ingredients that I have used for the cookies shown in the above picture are:
1/2 cup almond flour
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature 
1 tbsp cornstarch

After the dough was chilled for 1 hour, it was easy to roll it out and use cookie cutters.
The cookies were baked at 350โ„‰  for about 10 to 12 minutes.
The result was excellent but I preferred using more almonds flour than all purpose flour, thatโ€™s how I came up with this wonderful recipe bellow.
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Eggless Almond Condensed Milk Cookies

Keyword eggless cookies, almond condensed milk cookies
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 11

Ingredients

  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch

Garnish (optional)

  • About 1/2 cup almond flour
  • About 1/2 cup chocolate sprinkles
  • About 1/4 cup condensed milk

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, mix the butter and condensed milk for few minutes.

  2. Add almond flour and mix it.

  3. Add the flour and cornstarch and mix everything together. The dough should be sticky.

  4. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour.

  5. Form small balls with the dough.

  6. Place the balls of dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

  7. Bake at 350โ„‰ย preheated oven for 15 minutes

  8. Let cool for about 10 minutes.

  9. Brush the base of each 2 cookies with condensed milk.

  10. Assemble each 2 cookies together.

  11. Brush the assembled cookies around with condensed milk and roll in almond flour or chocolate sprinkles.

  12. Enjoy.

Recipe Notes

  • You can assemble the cookies with jam, Nutella,Peanut butter,…etc
  • You donโ€™t have to assemble each 2 cookies together. You can brush each cookie with condensed milk and roll it in almond flour, chocolate sprinkles, grounded pistachios,…etc
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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algerian Berkoukes Soup with Chicken and Vegetables

What is Berkoukes?
Berkoukes is a type of pasta that looks like couscous with big grains.

Berkoukes pasta is called les petits plombs in the French Language and in Algeria and some other countries it is also called Al Aiche, Al Mardoud, Moghrabieh, Mhamsa, or Berkoukech, depending on the country or region. The size of the balls or grains of pasta may differ from one to the other.


Berkoukes soup is made of Pasta, a variety of vegetables and red meat or poultry. The meat can be beef, goat or lamb.
Some recipes call for salted dried meat and others call for salted dried mutton fat. You can make this dish vegetarian, without adding any meat( red or white).


This is a wonderful dish to be served in cold weather especially if it is spicy.
Berkoukes is found in North Africa and in the Middle East.

The soup will not look the same the next day as usually the pasta will absorb all the liquid.

The best way to eat Berkoukes the next day is to warm it up in a large saucepan with some olive oil. It tastes better than if warmed in a microwave. Serve it warm, drizzled with olive oil.

I have used chicken in this recipe and the vegetables I have in hands.
You can use any vegetables that you prefer like green beans, green peas,…etc.

      

I have used the small sized pasta or Petits plombs ( Berkoukes) in this recipe.
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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algerian Berkoukes Soup with Chicken and Vegetables

Course Main Course
Cuisine Algerian
Keyword Berkoukes soup
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 6
Author LDSโ€˜s Mom

Ingredients

  • 2 or more chicken pieces (any)
  • 1 cup Berkoukes pasta ( petits plombs)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup chickpeas, soaked overnight, washed and rinsed
  • 1 medium tomato, grated
  • 1 medium onion, minced
  • 1 medium zucchini, diced
  • 1 medium potato, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 pumpkin piece, diced(about 1 cup)
  • 2 medium carrots, diced
  • 2 hot peppers (any type), optional
  • 1/4 bunch cilantro
  • 1/4 bunch parsley
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tsp Ras Al Hanout
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp ginger powder
  • Salt to taste

For the end of cooking (optional)

  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tbsp chopped cilantro

Instructions

  1. Put olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat.

  2. Add onion, garlic, chicken pieces, cilantro, parsley, tomato paste, salt, pepper, paprika, ginger and Ras Al Hanout

  3. Add chickpeas and let cook for 5 minutes.

  4. Add the grated tomato and all the vegetables (potato, carrots, zucchini, pumpkin, hot peppers (optional) and let cook for a good 10 minutes.

  5. Pour hot water (or boiled water) to cover the chicken and vegetables.

  6. Cover and let cook for about 30 minutes or until everything is cooked.

  7. Once the chicken is cooked, take it out of the sauce. Take out the cilantro and parsley and discard them.

  8. Debon the chicken and shred it. Set aside.

  9. Soak the Berkoukes pasta in hot water for 5 minutes.

  10. Rinse the pasta and drain it.

  11. Add the pasta to the sauce and add the shredded chicken.

  12. Mix and let cook covered for 10 to 15 minutes.

  13. Adjust the seasoning, add salt if needed.

  14. Add coriander powder, minced garlic and cilantro, let boil for 2 minutes then turn off the heat.

  15. Serve.

Recipe Notes

  • You can use any vegetable that you like in this soup.
  • You can make the dish vegetarian without adding any meat ( red or white).
  • You can use your favorite spices in this dish.
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