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Three cups full of a white pudding with red pomegranate seeds on top.

Manjar Blanco (White Pudding)


  • Author: Hélène Jawhara-Piñer

Description

Taking it back to the early ages of dessert.


Ingredients

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For the pudding:

  • 1 tsp agar powder + ¼ cup almond milk
  • 1 short cinnamon stick
  • 3 cups almond milk
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • ½ tsp rose water
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract

For the toppings: 

  • Mexican Pinon nuts, toasted (you can use pine nuts as a substitute)
  • 2 matzah toffee sheets, broken into chunks
  • Preserved orange, sliced
  • 6 tbsp pomegranate syrup (1 tbsp per glass); you can add fresh seeds as well
  • 2 apricots, cut into quarters


Instructions

  1. Place six small crystal glasses on a tray.
  2. In a small bowl, combine the agar powder and the ¼ cup almond milk.
  3. Place the cinnamon stick and sugar in a pan and pour over the remaining 3 cups of almond milk. Stir, and bring to a boil.
  4. Once the almond milk is boiling, pour in the agar mixture and lower the heat. Stir constantly for about 3 minutes. Add the rose water and vanilla. It will thicken slightly but look runnier while it’s hot. As it cools down it will thicken more.
  5. Remove the cinnamon stick and pour the manjar blanco into the glasses; try to avoid touching the edges. Let them cool at room temperature without moving them.
  6. Once they are cooled, you can place them in the fridge for a firmer consistency (or if you’d prefer it chilled, which is recommended).
  7. Decorate the top of the manjar blanco with any of the toppings and serve.

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