Gazelle ankles
Traditional Maghrebi cookie
![]() A gazelle ankle cookie . | |
Alternative names | Arabic: كعب الغزال (kaʕbu lɣazaːl) "gazelle ankles" French: cornes de gazelle "gazelle horns" |
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Type | cookie |
Course | dessert |
Place of origin | North Africa |
Region or state | North Africa |
Main ingredients | almond paste |
Ingredients generally used | flour, sugar, butter, orange blossom water |
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Gazelle ankles (transliterated from Arabic: كعب الغزال kaʕbu lɣazaːl, also known in French as cornes de gazelle, "gazelle horns") are a traditional cookie of the Maghreb.[1][2] They are crescent-shaped cookies made of flour-based dough filled with almond paste aromatized with orange blossom water.
Ingredients
The essential ingredients in gazelle ankles:
- almonds
- orange blossom water
- flour
- sugar
- butter
- cinnamon
See also
- Half-moon cookie (Philippines)