Chahda
Chahda is an Algerian honey pastry whose name refers to a beehive-like pattern. A tender butter pastry is wrapped around an almond or walnut filling, pinched into a decorative honeycomb texture, baked, and soaked in fragrant honey.
π Recipe adapted from Wikidata (Dish)
Rub melted butter and salt into the flour, then add orange blossom water and enough water to form a soft dough.
Mix almonds, walnuts, sugar, cinnamon, and butter into a firm filling.
Wrap small portions of filling in thin pastry and shape into balls or triangles.
Pinch the surface with pastry tweezers to create the chahda pattern.
Bake until pale golden, dip in warm honey, and garnish with sesame.
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