Desserts · Middle Eastern

Middle Eastern dessert recipes

5 Middle Eastern dessert recipes, in a suggested order.

These are the 5 Middle Eastern recipes filed under desserts: 5 of the 583 desserts on the site, and 5 of its 60 Middle Eastern recipes. None of them is ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish. For 4, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 1 easy and 4 medium.

As written, 5 are vegetarian.

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Middle Eastern desserts

Knafeh Nabulsi
Middle Eastern
Prep
25m
Cook
30m
Serves
8
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Knafeh Nabulsi

Semolina-orange dough over a layer of fresh white cheese, baked until the base is crisp and the top is orange, then…

1.5–3.5 hr+ · Medium
Knafeh
Middle Eastern
Prep
25m
Cook
40m
Serves
12
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Knafeh

Shredded pastry over a layer of stretchy cheese, baked until the top is crisp and orange, then soaked in…

1–3 hr+ · Medium
Basbousa
Middle Eastern
Prep
15m
Cook
40m
Serves
12
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Basbousa

A semolina cake soaked in syrup and cut into diamonds with an almond pressed into each. Found from Egypt to Turkey…

4.5 hr · Easy
Dubai Chocolate Bar
Middle Eastern
Prep
30m
Cook
10m
Serves
8
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Dubai Chocolate Bar

A chocolate bar filled with crisp toasted kataifi pastry, pistachio cream and tahini. The viral sweet inspired by…

100 min+ · Medium
Luqaimat
Middle Eastern
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
6
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Luqaimat

Small, golden dough balls with a crisp shell and a soft centre, cooked in hot oil and drizzled with date syrup.

90 min · Medium