[Sca-cooks] alfajores/al-hasu

David Friedman ddfr at daviddfriedman.com
Fri May 5 20:57:36 PDT 2006


>These are cookies with filling of Arab origin. In Spain they date 
>back to the 8th Century, although Argentineans declare them as a 
>national creole dessert but they are thought to date back to the 
>19th only there. That is odd as the conquistadors brought 
>Hispano-Arab concubines with them to the new world who in turn 
>brought their recipes. Spanish alfajores (al-hasu in Arabic) are 
>square not round as in South America. The idea is to fill them with 
>quince. Now the question is does anyone have a dependable recipe for 
>them and/or any more news on their history?
>Sue

Do you know what the evidence is that the date back to the 8th 
century in Spain? I'm pretty sure there aren't any Spanish cookbooks 
that early.
-- 
David/Cariadoc
www.daviddfriedman.com



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