Moroccan Almond Snake Pastry Recipe Video

How to make M'Hanncha a traditional Moroccan pastry that looks like a coiled snake. It is filled with a scented almond paste and dipped in honey syrup. Totally unique and delicious!

Summary

Preparation Time35 MinCooking Time40 Min
Ready In1 Hr 15 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
Health IndexJust EnjoyServings4
CuisineMoroccanCourseDessert
TasteSweetMethodBaking
Main IngredientAlmondInterest GroupClassic

Ingredients

 
Please See Video

Directions

GETTING READY
1 Lightly brush a baking dish with butter.
2 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

MAKING
3 For the Filling, in a blender jar combine all the filling ingredients.
4 Blend until you get a smooth paste.
5 Remove the phyllo dough from the pack and cover with a damp cloth.
6 Roll the almond paste as shown in the video.
7 Brush three sheets of phyllo dough with butter.
8 Place the rolled almond paste in the phyllo sheet and roll over as shown in the video.
9 Gently press the dough from the edges as demonstrated in the video.
10 Repeat the process with the remaining phyllo sheets.
11 Arrange the phyllo and almond paste rolls like a coil on the prepared baking dish.
12 Brush them with butter.
13 In a bowl, combine egg yolk with water and brush the top of the coil.
14 Place it in the oven and bake for 30 – 40 minutes or until golden brown.
15 Meanwhile, prepare the honey syrup, in a pan, warm the honey.
16 Add some orange blossom of water to the honey for flavor.
17 Pour the honey syrup on the baked m’hanncha and garnish with fried almonds.

SERVING
18 Serve along with Moroccon mint tea.

Editors Review

This is an impressive video that displays a unique and delicious traditional Moroccan pastry. The pastry has a flavorful almond paste filling and smeared in honey syrup. The video displays the recipe in a simple manner so that you can easily make the same in your own kitchen and enjoy!

Comments

Emmanuelle says :

Dear Alia, just want to complement you on the clearness of your recipes. It's a pleasure to watch ! Bravo !
Posted on: 14 February 2010 - 11:10am

foodpsychologist says :

Hi Alia, This M' Hanncha Moroccan Almond Pastry Video is really making my mouth water ! Alas, just watching such delicious food and not being able to have it right away is a tease ! However, there's another reason I can't think of indulging in this more though I'd love to... its so full of almond and butter. I"ll put on a lot of weight! :) :)
Posted on: 21 August 2009 - 7:17am

Anonymous says :

Pls check the frmat you have loaded the video in. May be that's the reason the video is not showing.
Posted on: 17 August 2009 - 12:22am

Anonymous says :

what happened to the recipe and video? I can't see either :(
Posted on: 14 August 2009 - 7:19am

aparna.priya says :

Hi Alia, yesterday I tried this almond pastry and it was very nice. I used mixed nuts with almonds in this recipe, I think that made the pastry more delicious. Thanks!
Posted on: 7 August 2009 - 4:02am

tanya3286 says :

I'm coming to love Moroccan cuisine with your recipes, though this seems to be Mediterranean! lovely recipe..... This sure is very different from all the other cakes I have come across or tried :)
Posted on: 7 August 2009 - 3:49am

aparna.priya says :

Hey Alia, this almond pastry video is just great...you have mentioned each n every step so particularly that there seems to be no complications in preparing this recipe. i am gonna try this very soon..:))
Posted on: 5 August 2009 - 1:24am

cookingwithalia says :

glad you enjoyed it :-)
Posted on: 5 August 2009 - 7:52pm

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