Name: Cornes de Gazelle (Gazelle Horns) By All Recipes
Prep time: 31 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 16 min
Yield: 50
Cuisine: Algerian Recipe
Ingredients: 5 ¼ cups almonds; ¾ cup white sugar; 1 tbsp white sugar; ¼ tsp ground cinnamon; 1 egg; 1 tbsp orange blossom water; 2 cups all-purpose flour; ½ cup cup softened, unsalted butter, diced; 1 tbsp unsalted butter; 1 pinch salt; 1 egg, beaten; 3 tbsp vegetable oil; 5 ½ tbsp orange blossom water; 6 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp orange blossom water; 3 tbsp crushed pistachios

RatingDifficultyIntermediate

Cornes de Gazelle (Gazelle Horns) By All Recipes

Yields50 Servings

Prep Time31 minsCook Time45 minsTotal Time1 hr 16 mins

Cornes de gazelle are crescent-shaped cookies that are filled with a sweet almond-orange blossom filling and are topped with crushed pistachios. They popular all over North Africa in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco and are also known as tcherek, tcharek, or kaab el ghazal.

Filling:

5 ¼ cups almonds

¾ cup white sugar

1 tbsp white sugar

¼ tsp ground cinnamon

1 egg

1 tbsp orange blossom water

Pastry dough:

2 cups all-purpose flour

½ cup cup softened, unsalted butter, diced

1 tbsp unsalted butter

1 pinch salt