![]() A gazelle ankle cookie . | |
Alternative names | Arabic: كعب الغزال (kaʕbu lɣazaːl) "gazelle ankles"
French: cornes de gazelle "gazelle horns" |
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Type | cookie |
Course | dessert |
Place of origin | North Africa |
Region or state | North Africa |
Main ingredients | almond paste |
Ingredients generally used | flour, sugar, butter, orange blossom water |
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Gazelle ankles (transliterated from Arabic: كعب الغزال kaʕbu lɣazaːl, also known in French as cornes de gazelle, "gazelle horns") are a traditional cookie of the Maghreb.[1][2] They are crescent-shaped cookies made of flour-based dough filled with almond paste aromatized with orange blossom water.
Ingredients
[edit]The essential ingredients in gazelle ankles:
References
[edit]- ^ Kraut, Gary Lee (23 Dec 2021). "You know you live in Paris when … Gazelle Horns". France Revisited - Life in Paris, Travel in France. Retrieved 8 Nov 2022.
- ^ Alain Jaouhari (2005) Marruecos: la cocina de mi madre. Intermón Oxfan. p. 172. ISBN 978-8484523536