This is an egg free, butter free Lebanese cake, that can be made on any occasion and can last for quite a while time without any alteration to the taste.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cup semolina
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
a pinch of salt
2 cups yogurt
1/2 cup orange blossom water
2 tablespoons tahini
1 cup of almonds for decoration
Sugar syrup:
3 cups sugar
1 cup water
1/4 cup orange blossom water
teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter
Preparation:
1. Mix the semolina with bicarbonate of soda, sugar and salt
2. Gradually add the orange blossom water while stirring with a spoon
3. Add the yogurt and stir until all the ingredients are well mixed
4. Cover the mixture with a clean towel and leave it to rest for half an hour
5. Preheat the oven to 180 C
6. Grease a 40 cm diameter tray with tahini, pour the mixture in the tray, decorate with the almonds and bake it for about 35 minutes, until the cake becomes golden
7. In the meantime prepare the sugar syrup, boil the sugar with water until it thickens, then add the lemon juice, the orange blossom water and the butter
8. When the Namoura is baked remove from the oven and put over it the hot sugar syrup, and put it in the oven again for 5 minutes
9. Remove the tray from the oven and let it cool, then cut into squares or diamond shape and serve