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The receipt for
Sweet cous cous
Ingredients for 12 people:
500 g of durum wheat seed (semolina) for
couscous, 100 ml of water, 1 flat teaspoon
of salt, 200 g of chopped pistacchio, 100
ml of Biancolilla quality extra-virgin olive
oil, 25 g of melted butter, 2 teaspoons
of icing sugar, 2 imperatore apples, 100
g of black chocolate, 100 g of chopped
toasted almonds, 50 g of zuccata (or other
candied fruit), 1 orange, ½ lemon, 50 g of
raisins, 1 imperatore apple, 1 full glass of
almond milk, 1 clove, 10 dates, powdered
cinnamon, cassia bark, ½ glass of raisin
wine of Pantelleria.
Pour 100 ml of water in a cup and dissolve
the salt. Pour a teaspoonful of semolina
in a large flat dish, dampen it with a
teaspoonful of water and blend it with the
semolina (‘nucciate), rolling it with your
open hand. 2-3 complete rotations are
enough. You will thereby form little balls,
about 2 millimetres in diameter. Dry them
on a wooden board. When all the couscous
has been made into ‘ncucciatu, pour on
a thin stream of oil,. rubbing it delicately
between your hands joined as if in prayer.