Basbousa recipe

The sweet that we prepare on this occasion is a traditional recipe from countries in the Middle East and Greece. This basbousa recipe, also called revani or ravani, is a delicious and highly nutritious bun that is made up of durum wheat semolina, dried fruits and sugar syrup.

The pastries of this region are very delicious and famous, and the basbousa is no exception. It is a perfect sweet to surprise your loved ones, because with the traditional touch of pistachio and its other ingredients, you will obtain a perfect soft dessert to end a meal or enjoy as a snack. Discover how to make basbousa in this article and enjoy at home.

Ingredients to make Basbousa:

• 500 grams of fine durum wheat semolina
• 100 grams of ground almond
• 70 grams of superfine sugar
• 100 grams of melted butter or soft oil
• 3 natural unsweetened yogurts
• 2 dessert spoons of chemical yeast powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 120 grams of crushed pistachio
• 220 grams of superfine sugar for the syrup
• 260 milliliters of plain water
• 2 dessert spoons of orange blossom or rose water equally
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 handful of peeled raw almonds (to decorate)

How to make Basbousa:

1. First of all, it is convenient to prepare a sugar syrup so that, when using it, it is completely cold while the sweet is hot.
2. Heat the water together with the lemon juice. When it is lukewarm, add the sugar and stir while it begins to thicken and have a syrupy texture.
3. Continue stirring for approximately 10 minutes over medium-low heat. Once it has cooled, add the orange blossom water and mix.
4. Pour the semolina, the ground nuts, the melted butter, and the sugar, the pinch of salt, the yeast and the yogurt into a large container.
5. Stir everything very well until it is perfectly mixed, it will take a fairly thick consistency that will cost to remove.
6. Trick: put the oven to preheat 200 ºC in both resistors.
7. Grease a tray with oil or butter and sprinkle flour; this will prevent the basbousa from adhering and you can remove it later.
8. Flatten once all the mixture has been deposited, you can help yourself with a wooden shovel.
9. At this point, once the dough for the basbousa sweet is ready, cut it into small portions and distribute an almond in each of them.
10. This is only if you want to decorate it, you can also decorate it with ground pistachios or any other dried fruit that you like
11. Take to the oven to cook at medium height for 30 minutes at 200ºCor until your semolina and syrup Arabic dessert is golden brown.
12.  Then, take it out of the oven and proceed to bathe with this sugar syrup on the basbousa.
13. Let it cool down to medium temperature and serve the basbousa afterwards with mint tea or any tea you like best.