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🇲🇦 Moroccan Cuisine

Desserts

10 Recipes

Chebakia

Flower-shaped sesame and honey cookies fried and coated in aromatic honey, a staple of Moroccan celebrations.

Prep 40 mins·🔥Cook 20 mins·🍽Serves 30Hard

Sellou

A dense, nutty no-bake Moroccan sweet made from toasted flour, sesame seeds, almonds, and honey.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 20 mins·🍽Serves 20Medium

Gazelle Horns

Elegant crescent pastries with a tender crust encasing fragrant orange blossom and almond filling.

Prep 45 mins·🔥Cook 15 mins·🍽Serves 20Hard

Halwa Dial Jeljlan

A Moroccan sesame and honey confection pressed into bite-sized balls and rolled in sesame seeds.

Prep 15 mins·🔥Cook 10 mins·🍽Serves 24Easy

Orange and Cinnamon Salad

Thinly sliced fresh oranges dressed with cinnamon, orange blossom water, and a scatter of dates.

Prep 10 mins·🔥Cook 0 mins·🍽Serves 4Easy

Bastilla au Lait

A creamy dessert bastilla filled with almond cream and milk custard in flaky warqa pastry layers.

Prep 30 mins·🔥Cook 30 mins·🍽Serves 8Hard

Baghrir

Thousand-hole semolina crepes with a spongy texture, drizzled with warm honey and melted butter.

Prep 10 mins·🔥Cook 20 mins·🍽Serves 4Easy

Ghriba

Crumbly almond or sesame shortbread cookies with a cracked sugar crust that melt in the mouth.

Prep 15 mins·🔥Cook 15 mins·🍽Serves 20Easy

Seffa

Steamed vermicelli or couscous dusted with powdered sugar, cinnamon, and fried almonds as a sweet course.

Prep 15 mins·🔥Cook 30 mins·🍽Serves 6Medium

Shebakia with Amlou Dip

Crispy fried sesame cookies served alongside amlou, a luscious dip of argan oil, almonds, and honey.

Prep 40 mins·🔥Cook 20 mins·🍽Serves 12Medium