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Moroccan Recipes with Orange Flower Water

Orange Blossom Water as an Ingredient in Moroccan Cooking

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11. Cinnamon Coffee with Orange Flower Water

Photo © Christine Benlafquih

Serve this classic Moroccan coffee with or without milk for an elegant ending to a Moroccan meal, or to add a special, aromatic touch to coffee hour. Vanilla sugar can be used as a sweetener to add another layer of flavor.

12. Feggous Salad - Armenian Cucumber Salad with Orange Flower Water

Photo © Christine Benlafquih
Feggous is the Moroccan name for the Armenian cucumber, also known as snake cucumber, snake melon, yard-long cucumber, fakkous and uri. These long, thin cucumbers are mild, crispy, and don't need to be peeled or seeded – perfect for using in this refreshing Moroccan salad with orange flower water.

13. Moroccan Carrot and Orange Salad

Photo © Christine Benlafquih
This delicious Moroccan salad blends fresh oranges, grated carrots and orange flower water. Serve it as a starter, side dish or as a refreshing follow-up to a main course.

14. Romaine Lettuce and Orange Salad

Photo © Christine Benlafquih

This refreshing Moroccan salad combines crisp Romaine (cos) lettuce with sliced oranges. Adjust the sugar and orange flower water to your own tastes.

15. Cucumber and Thyme Salad with Orange Juice

Photo © Christine Benlafquih

Use either feggous (Armenian cucumbers) or regular cucumbers in this refreshing, sweet salad with orange juice and orange flower water. In Morocco, fresh or dried wild thyme (za'atar) is used for seasoning. Regular thyme or oregano may be substituted.

16. Ghoriba with Walnuts

Photo © Christine Benlafquih

These macaroon-like cookies have a crispy crust and chewy interior. Orange flower water is used as a flavoring in the dough.

17. Moroccan Vermicelli Pudding

Photo © Christine Benlafquih

This easy Moroccan dessert is flavored with orange flower water and cinnamon. It calls for broken vermicelli (chaariya), but you can substitute thin spaghetti – just break the uncooked pasta into small pieces.

18. Ghoriba with Coconut

Photo © Christine Benlafquih
Ghoribas with Coconut are delicious Moroccan macaroons with a crisp crust. I was taught to use orange flower water to keep my hands moist while working with the dough. This helps prevent the dough from sticking to your hands, and it imparts the exotic essence of the orange flower water to the cookies.

19. Chebakia

Photo © Christine Benlafquih
Orange flower water is used to flavor both the dough and the honey in which these fried sesame cookies are dipped.

20. Fekkas with Almonds, Raisins and Sesame

Photo © Christine Benlafquih
These twice-baked cookies are similar to biscotti and packed with delicious, fragrant flavors. Orange flower water is just one of them.
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