One of the many popular street desserts that you will come across whilst roaming the streets of Lebanon is a fruit cocktail that is topped up with nuts, ashta cream (clotted cheese) and honey.
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| Fruit Cocktail with Ashta |
This delicious fruit cocktail is made using several ingredients. It includes freshly cut fruit, a base juice which is typically freshly blended strawberries or kiwi fruit, or both. it also has raw nuts such as walnuts or pistachio as well as Ashta and a garnish of honey.
Making the Cocktail
You need:
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| Range of Cut up Fruit |
- Bananas
- Peaches
- Kiwis
- Apples
- Mangoes
- Pineapple
- Strawberries
- Ashta Cream
- Raw Walnuts
- Crushed Raw Pistachios
- Honey
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| Blended Strawberries |
Steps:
- Cut up your fruit into approximately 2-3 cm chunks.
- Blend enough strawberries to use as base juice in your cup. Blend them long enough until they become juice.
- Fill your serving cup with the fruit chunks then pour the blended strawberries on top until it fills up the cup.
- Add 2 Tbsp of Ashta cream on top followed by a garnish of Walnuts, pistachios and honey.
- Serve !
The best way to enjoy this cocktail is when it is cold!
Written by:
Franchiska AL TERS
References
http://www.mamaslebanesekitchen.com/desserts/lebanese-fruit-cocktail-recipe-rose-water-ashta-cream/#sthash.KNMzi2sO.dpbs
http://www.renbehan.com/2013/07/the-jewelled-kitchen-virtual-cookbook-launch.html
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