Gateau de Semoule a l'Orange ( Semolina Cake with Orange)

   Ages ago in Brussels, a family friend use to make Gateau de Semoule a l’Orange. It tasted nice. As much as my sister & sister in law tried to get the recipe, she always used to find excuses not to give it to us...Well, after several trials, this recipe below taste much nicer :)
This is for you Ladies!

Ingredients:

1 Orange Peel
3/4 cup Semolina
3 cups Milk
2 Eggs
1 tablespoon Butter
4 tablespoon Sugar
few drops of Vanilla


  Rinse the orange and grate the peel finely. Pour milk in a saucepan and add the orange peel. Gently bring to a boil. 

  As soon as it starts boiling, lower the heat down, to a very low temp; slowly pour the semolina while continuously stirring. Let it cook for 5 minutes. Add the sugar and butter. Remove it from heat, add the beaten egg yolks with vanilla and mix very vigorously. 

  Pour the mix in the mould, level the mix surface, cover with a cling film and let cool in the fridge for 1-2 hr.
 
  
  

  To serve, unmould the dessert into a serving plate and decorate with slices of orange or if you have a sweet tooth poor over some sirop like Clementine Sirop or some honey....... Bon Appetit!!

Sharabet Afandi ( Clementine Syrup)

   My favourite cold drink is Sharabet Afandi ( Clementine syrup) which mum used to prepare every year. She would proudly serve them in the summer when she had guests.

Ingredients:

1 cup  Clementine Juice

2 cups  Sugar

1/2  Lemon Juice

Once Clementine squeezed,  run the juice through a muslin sheet to remove any chunks of fruit.

Now the juice is very smooth.  Measure the juice; for every cup of juice add 2 cups of sugar.

Stir Well on low heat till the sugar dissolved. No need to boil the syrup. Leave to cool  overnight. Once cooled, poor in bottles and close them properly.

When preparing the drink, pour about 3 tablespoons of syrup into a glass & top it with cold water . 
Still well. Add ice cubes & serve.