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Ottolenghi's Pistachio and Rosewater Semolina Cake
Ingredients
  • 3 cardamom pods, bruised, seeds reserved, pods discarded
  • 1 cup (150g) pistachios, plus extra chopped pistachios to serve
  • 1 cup (100g) almond meal
  • 170g fine semolina
  • 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
  • 300g unsalted butter, chopped, softened
  • 1 ½ cups (330g) caster sugar
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • Finely grated zest of 1 lemon, plus 1 tbs lemon juice
  • 2 tbs rosewater
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • subheading: Rosewater cream:
  • 200g Greek yoghurt
  • 200g creme fraiche
  • 1 tbs icing sugar, sifted
  • 1 tbs rosewater
  • subheading: Syrup:
  • 100ml lemon juice
  • ⅓ cup (80ml) rosewater
  • ½ cup (110g) caster sugar
  • subheading: Crystallised rose petals (optional):
  • 1 eggwhite
  • 10g (about 40) edible red or dark pink rose petals (from gourmet food shops)
  • 25g caster sugar
  • The cost per serving includes staple ingredients, costs vary based on individual supermarkets and is an estimate only.
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