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Namora is a semolina cake soaked in sugar syrup that is often found on baklava platters. Combine three cups sugar, lemon juice, and water in a small saucepan. Place the semolina, melted butter and sugar in a large bowl and stir until well.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook semolina cake in sugar syrup - nammoura using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Semolina cake in sugar syrup - nammoura:

1. Make ready 1 kg semolina
2. Take 1 cup sugar
3. Prepare 1 cup milk
4. Prepare 1 cup vegetable oil
5. Take 1/2 teaspoon mastic gum, crushed in ½ teaspoon sugar
6. Make ready 4 teaspoons baking powder
7. Prepare 3 teaspoons orange blossom water
8. Take 3 teaspoons rose water
9. Get 1 teaspoon tahini, sesame paste
10. Get - For the sugar syrup:
11. Get 2 1/2 cups sugar
12. Make ready 1 1/2 cups water
13. Get 1 teaspoon rose water
14. Get 1 teaspoon orange blossom water
15. Take 1 teaspoon lemon juice
16. Prepare - For garnishing:
17. Prepare 25 almonds, cut in halves

The nammoura will keep up to a week in an air-tight container. Semolina flour is more course than regular white milled wheat flours, and in this Greek Orange Semolina Cake it results in a It's easy to make and with just yoghurt for topping it's also fairly quick in cake land. This cake is perfect for both afternoon tea and dessert. Make the syrup while the cakes are baking.

Instructions to make Semolina cake in sugar syrup - nammoura:

1. To prepare the sugar syrup, put the sugar and water in a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Leave to boil then add the lemon juice and keep on medium heat for 10 min until the syrup thickens. Add the orange blossom water and rose water. Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl.
2. For the batter, mix all the ingredients together, except the tahini.
3. Grease the bottom and sides of a 30 cm diameter baking tray with the tahini. Spread evenly the batter in the tray and leave to rest at room temperature for 1½ hr.
4. Preheat the oven to medium heat. Put the tray in the oven on the middle rack and bake for around 30 min.
5. Remove from the oven and cut the cake into lozenges while still in the pan. Return the tray to the oven on the top rack until the cake's surface turns golden brown.
6. Turn off the oven. Pour the sugar syrup over the cake while it is still hot and place it back in the oven for a while until the syrup is absorbed.
7. Take out the cake and place an almond in the middle of each lozenge piece. Serve at room temperature.

Dense cake/bars with Middle Eastern flavors like rose water and orange blossom water. Good for every occasion, great after a meal, or with tea or coffee. For a different flavor, you can use a cinnamon stick in the sugar syrup. Check out Turkish Semolina Cake in Syrup for a subtle twist on this simple recipe. While the cake is still warm, cover it with the syrup.

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