DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Barazek
Also known as: برازق
Damascene Syrian cookies with a ghee short dough, toasted sesame, honey and pistachios.
About Barazek
Barazek are Syrian cookies associated with Damascus and found across the Levant. This selected Damascene-style recipe presses one face into chopped pistachios and the other into honey-coated toasted sesame seeds.
Ghee gives the lightly sweet dough a rich buttery flavour, while toasted sesame, honey and pistachios make every bite deeply nutty and aromatic.
The cookies are thin, golden-edged and densely coated on both sides. Their delicate centre is crumbly and melt-in-the-mouth, while the sesame surface becomes crisp as the cookies cool.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk, Sesame, Tree nuts (pistachio).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Barazek
Shadi HasanzadeNemati's Damascene-style sesame and pistachio barazek.
- All-purpose flourDough base
- GheeDough fat
- Powdered sugarSweetener
- Cold waterDough and coating liquid
- Toasted sesame seedsCoating
- HoneyCoating sweetener
- PistachiosCoating
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- All-purpose flour:
- Ghee:
- Powdered sugar:
- Cold water: . The dough and sesame-coating water allocations are consolidated.
- Toasted sesame seeds:
- Honey:
- Pistachios:
Origins & food traditions
The source identifies barazek with Damascus, particularly Al-Midan, and notes their spread across the Levant. This profile names the selected Syrian Damascene-style cookie rather than treating every regional barazek as identical.
Countries
- Syria
- SyriaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Syrian
- Damascene
- Levantine
- Syrian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.