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Shebakia () or Chebakia, also known as Griwech or Griouech, is a Maghrebi pastry made of strips of dough rolled to resemble a rose, deep-fried until golden, then coated with a syrup made of honey and orange blossom water and sprinkled with sesame.WEB, Benayoun, Mike, Griouech, 196 flavors, 1 Jul 2016,www.196flavors.com/algeria-griouech/, 13 Nov 2022, WEB, Mom, LDS’s, Algerian Crunchy Sweets- Griwech, My Excellent Degustations, 3 Sep 2018,www.myexcellentdegustations.com/🇩🇿-algerian-crunchy-sweets-griwech/, 13 Nov 2022, WEB,moroccanfood.about.com/od/dessertsandcookies/r/Chebakia.htm, about.com, 2014-04-24, 2017-02-08,moroccanfood.about.com/od/dessertsandcookies/r/Chebakia.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20170208121123moroccanfood.about.com/od/dessertsandcookies/r/Chebakia.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20170208121123moroccanfood.about.com/od/dessertsandcookies/r/Chebakia.htm, dead, It is typically consumed during Ramadan and religious celebrations.WEB, Moroccan Sesame and Honey Cookies With Saffron, Cinnamon and Anise,www.thespruceeats.com/moroccan-sesame-cookies-with-honey-2394409, 2021-11-09, The Spruce Eats, en, Chebakia is from the Ottoman desserts culture.Oktay, S. and Sadıkoglu, S., 2018. Journal of Ethnic Foods. p.6.Chebakia is made using yeast spiced with anise, cinnamon, and saffron.BOOK, Sheen, Barbara, Foods of Morocco, Greenhaven Publishing LLC, 2011, 978-0-7377-5865-8, Farmington Hills, MI, 44, en, The dough is made from ground sesame seeds mixed with flour and maybe squeezed through a pastry tube or twisted by hand to achieve the flower-like shape.BOOK, Newton, James, Moroccan Cookbook - Moroc Cuisine, Springwood emedia, 2012, 978-1-4760-7547-1, 93–94, en, It is then fried like a donut. The pastry is often produced in large batches at the start of Ramadan.BOOK, Lonely Planet’s Ultimate Eats: The world’s top 500 food experiences...ranked!, Lonely Planet Food, 2018, 978-1-78701-977-5, en, Although it is sweet and is often paired with coffee and tea, Moroccans also eat chebakia with spicy food such as harira.(File:Griwech (ou griouech, ou griwèche).jpg|thumb|Griouech)(File:شباكية ضخمة في مراكش.jpg|thumb|A massive shebakia in Marrakesh.)Similar pastries include the Cartellate and the Fazuelos, though the latter are constructed differently, and are thinner, less dense and from different regions.

Names and origin

Etymology

The names of Chebbakia, and its size, shape and exact ingredient may vary by region. In Algeria and in Fez, Morocco, it’s known as griwech ( or ). In Rabat, as mkherqa (). In Salé, as El-qli (). In Ouezzane as lahlou (), and in some other Moroccan region as kliwech ().WEB,patisseriegato.ma/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9, الشباكية, 12 June 2022, 2023-07-01, BOOK, Casablanca: My Moroccan Food, Benkabbou, Nargisse, Octopus, 2018, 9781784725105, en,books.google.com/books?id=VmQ-DwAAQBAJ&dq=chabbakia+cuisine&pg=PT420,

History

The origin of this pastry is likely Ottoman, due to its similarity to Eastern pastries such as baklawa in former Ottoman areas, and meshbek in Syria also known as zalabiyeh.WEB,arabicpost.net/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84/2023/03/16/%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%88%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9/, أصولها عثمانية ووصلت إلى المغرب عن طريق الجزائر.. “الشباكية“ØŒ أشهر الحلويات الرمضانية المغربية, 2023-03-16, 2023-07-01, Its origin is Ottoman and it arrived to Morocco through Algeria, In Morocco, a folk origin story claims that chebbakia was invented by an ambulant pastry merchant, who fell in love with a beautiful girl he saw every day at her window, and decided to make honeyed pastries in the shape of her window (, shubbak), to give her as a gift.

See also

• List of pastries

References

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External links

• WEB, Chebakia (Chebbakia, Halwa Shebakia, Mkharka) - Recipe for Fried Moroccan Sesame Cookies with Honey, About.com Moroccan Food, 2014-04-24,moroccanfood.about.com/od/dessertsandcookies/r/Chebakia.htm, 2017-02-08,moroccanfood.about.com/od/dessertsandcookies/r/Chebakia.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20170208121123moroccanfood.about.com/od/dessertsandcookies/r/Chebakia.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20170208121123moroccanfood.about.com/od/dessertsandcookies/r/Chebakia.htm, dead,
• NEWS, המתוקות הראשונות: משלוח מנות ×—×’×™×’×™, ynet, 25 February 2010, 2014-04-24,www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3854481,00.html, כהן, רפי,

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