What exactly does Dubai chocolate taste like? Uncovering traditional Middle Eastern cuisine
What exactly does Dubai chocolate taste like? Uncovering traditional Middle Eastern cuisine
In recent months, a green-filled Dubai chocolate. It's taking off all over the world.
The origin of this chocolate is a home-based brand run by a couple in Dubai-----"Fix Dessert Chocolatier".
A video that was posted on the Internet made this chocolate popular. It has attracted more than 77 million views. Then wave after wave of people picked it up and made it popular in the Middle East.
Part 1
Dubai chocolate / What is the filling?
Dubai chocolate is not a generic name, the current fire of Dubai chocolate, refers to the kind of inside green sandwich, chewing "crunchy" chocolate.
Its signature grass-like green filling is pistachio sauce mixed with Kataifi Noodles. Kunafa, a traditional dessert common in the Middle East, inspires this unique filling.
Kunafa is one of the most common desserts in the Middle East, and the main ingredients include Spaghetti Arabic, cheese, and pistachio. The cheese's saltiness blends with the syrup's sweetness, and long strands are drawn when eaten. The jam filling in Dubai pistachio-flavored chocolate is based on the Kunafa method.
Part 2 / Method
The main ingredient for this chocolate filling is spaghetti Arabica, also known as Middle Eastern noodles or Turkish pastry. Many food bloggers have been reproducing Dubai chocolate, which has generated a lot of traffic.
1. First, cut the breadcrumbs into small pieces, stir in melted butter, spread out on a baking sheet, and bake until golden brown.
2. Next, add pistachio sauce and baked spaghetti and mix well to form a grassy filling.
3. Fill the shaped chocolate shell with a grassy green filling, cover it with a layer of chocolate, refrigerate until firm, and then remove the mold, and the Dubai chocolate is finished.
Part 3 / Why does it make a flavoring?
In addition to Dubai chocolate itself, it now extends to a lot of "Dubai chocolate" desserts, Dubai chocolate cake roll, Dubai chocolate cake, Dubai chocolate bread, Dubai chocolate egg tart... As long as it is added with happy sauce noodles, it can be called "Dubai chocolate" XXX, and "Dubai chocolate" has even become a flavor.
The domestic dessert industry has also blown up the trend of Dubai chocolate, and a variety of Dubai chocolate-related desserts have been launched. Many bakeries have created cake versions of Dubai chocolate inspired by Dubai chocolate. Its dark chocolate and pistachio elements are used as the creation elements, and the signature green filling is a shredded bread mixed with pistachio chocolate sauce, and every bite is crunchy.
From a certain point of view, Dubai chocolate is a successful "cultural export", so people around the world know the local special dessert "Knafeh Noodles" from chocolate, and bakers around the world have participated in the innovative enthusiasm for this special dessert "Kafaifi Noodles".
Part 4 Dubai Chocolate / Green brings visual impact
In fact, this time the fire is not only the chocolate but also the green sandwich revealed after breaking the chocolate. Green gives people a natural and vitality, fresh and healthy feeling, and this year the pistachio flavor is all over the field, whether it is coffee drinks, desserts, or ice cream, you can see its figure, and its unique salty flavor no matter what is new.
Coffee drinks: Like the neat pistachio oat Milk latte, which combines pistachio sauce with oat milk to pair with coffee for a rich nutty flavor and a smooth texture, with nutty and oat flavors blending.
Dessert: Pistachio cheese cheesecake. Pistachio sauce is added during the production process to make the cake with the unique flavor of pistachio and the taste is delicate. There are also pistachio cookies, with pistachio puree, which taste sweet and have a strong pistachio aroma.
Ice cream: Pistachio-flavored ice cream with imported pistachio sauce, sweet at the front, slightly salty at the back, and rich with pistachio flavor.
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