Kaber Ellouz (Tunisian Almond Balls)
A recipe for Kaber Ellouz (Tunisian Almond Balls)! These sweet treats are made by braiding together a red, green, and plain almond-based dough and forming into balls.
Servings 12 Almond balls
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup superfine (caster) sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
- 7 tablespoons water
- 4 teaspoons rosewater
- 2 1/2 cups almond meal
- 1/2 teaspoon red food color
- 1/2 teaspoon green food color
Garnish:
- Superfine sugar
- Pine nuts
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, combine sugar and vanilla sugar. Stir in the water and heat over medium. Cook, whisking occasionally, until all sugar is dissolved, about 10 minutes. Whisk in the rosewater.
- Place almond meal in a medium bowl. Use a wooden spoon to slowly stir in syrup. Once dough has come together, knead on work surface lightly dusted with almond meal until smooth.
- Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces. To one piece, knead in red food coloring. Knead in green to another piece. Leave the third piece plain.
- Roll each piece into a 3/4 inch wide rope. Place the ropes side by side and braid together. Push the braid together to seal and cut into about 1 inch long pieces. Roll each piece into a ball.
- On a plate, sprinkle some superfine sugar. Roll each ball in the sugar and place on serving plate. Sprinkle with pine nuts, if using, and serve.