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Coconut strawberry basbousa

This is Paul's take on the classic basbousa. Instead of soaking the dessert in sugar syrup after baking, he combines it with the dry ingredients to make a simple batter and bakes just like a cake.

Coconut basbousa

Coconut basbousa Credit: Kitti Gould

  • serves

    6

  • prep

    15 minutes

  • cook

    15 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

6

people

preparation

15

minutes

cooking

15

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • 200 g strawberries, hulled and quartered
  • 100 ml honey, to serve
  • vanilla ice cream, to serve
Batter
  • 250 g fine semolina
  • 100 ml melted ghee
  • 100 g desiccated coconut
  • 75 ml milk
  • 110 ml cold sugar syrup (see note)
  • 50 g Greek natural yoghurt
  • 135 ml coconut cream

Instructions

  1. Preheat a fan-forced oven to 180˚C.
  2. For the batter, place all the ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and beat until smooth. Or you can do this by hand with a whisk.
  3. Spread the batter evenly into an ovenproof dish (approximately 15 cm x 23 cm). Scatter the strawberries over the top and gently push down.
  4. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the top is golden. Remove from oven and drizzle with honey. Serve warm with ice cream.

Note
• Sugar syrup is simply equal parts sugar and water combined and heated until dissolved and thickened slightly.

• This cake-style mix can be quite soft so it can be consumed directly from the tray, beware of how hot it can get!

Photography by Kitti Gould.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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Published 30 November 2023 5:26pm
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