Balah-Isham (Deep fried "cream puffs" pastry)

"This is a wonderful dessert i got from my mother. It may seem like a lot of work, but well worth the effort!!!"
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a large saucepan, heat water and butter until butter melts.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Remove from the heat source, add flour and baking powder, mix well, then return to the heat and mix.
  • Form dough into a ball in the center.
  • Remove from heat and add eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each addition.
  • Add vanilla with 5th egg.
  • (This is a basic Cream Puffs recipe, if you pipe onto a cookie sheet and bake at 375F degrees for 2/3 minutes, you can fill with whipped cream and top with melted chocolate, then chill.)
  • Spoon dough into a pastry bag with a medium star tip (pipe into 3-inch long lengths), and deep fry in corn oil until lightly browned.
  • Pour sugar syrup over"balah-isham" while still warm.
  • Sugar syrup: put water, sugar and lemon in a small saucepan, bring to a boil, simmer over medium heat for 20-30 minutes.
  • Should thicken when it cools.

Questions & Replies

  1. So, I fell in love with this dessert when I was in Egypt so I am eager for an authentic recipe. However, your directions appear to stop after adding the flour. Where's the rest of the recipe?
     
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Reviews

  1. Funnel Cake!! Maybe mine became funnel cake because I used a smaller star tip but they were great!! Light and airy not too sweet alone but with the lemon syrup... ohhh you could be in trouble! I would suggest making the syrup first so it has time to cool and thicken. Those these would be delicious with a sprinkle of powdered sugar and some strawberries.
     
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Hi .. The pic is of my beautiful son, born on 2/5/2005. His name is Tariq, meaning Bright Star. As I type this, he is blowing bubbles in his water cup and watching cartoons. He whined to get this water for 15 mins and now he won't drink it, he will only play with it. Sigh.. A few days ago he came up with this song, so sing along to the tune of "Old McDonald" : Old McTariq Laq Laq Laq E I E I OOOOOO LOL I thought it was the cutest thing :-) When I'm not running around after my son, or cleaning up the mess he makes wherever he goes, I cook and bake (my husband loves the blueberry muffins I make) and I love trying new recipes .. I also love to read, and collect sci-fi/fantasy novels .. I have over 500 books and still counting ..
 
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