Tamrye Recipe

Tamrye is a kind of sweet is found mainly during the Holy Month of Ramadan, as well as during special occasions such as St. Marie day, St. Charbel’s and others – we have several saints in Lebanon.

“Tamr” in Arabic originally means date, but this recipe has nothing to do with dates. It’s made of a dough filled with a mixture of semolina and milk with sugar, fried and dusted with icing sugar.

Ingredients for the dough:

2 and a half cups of flour
1 cup water
pinch of salt
1/4 cup oil

Ingredients for the filling:

1 cup semolina
5 cups milk
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon flower blossom water
about 2 cups frying oil
icing sugar for dusting

Preparation:

1. Sift the flour with salt, add water and mix until you have a soft dough

2. Cut the dough into small pieces, put them in a oiled tray, and pour some oil over the dough, cover the tray and let it rest for about 2 hours

3. In the meantime prepare the filling: In a pot, place the semolina with sugar and milk, put on fire and let it boil stirring consantly

4. After boiling add the flower blossom water and place the filling on a tray and let it cool

5. Take a piece of the dough and roll it very thinly, brush oil over it and cut into square, place a tablespoon of he filling in the center of the dough, fold the four corners overlapping them

6. When you finish filling all the dough, heat the oil and fry them until golden brown, dust them with icing sugar and enjoy eating while still hot