Date Syrup

[Veiled Princess 1]

Anyone know where I can order date syrup/sauce online without paying like $50 for shippin??? OR anyone got a good recipe for it?

Not sure if this is posted in the correct section or not but since I associate dates with the ME/NA I figured I'd put it here.

[Aymerlu 3]

This is the recipe I found on a website that I have been making for a while now. Not as good as the real stuff (I'm not much of a cook! ) but my fiance seemed to like it when I made it a few weeks ago. OH.....and I really don't know what a Medjool date is.....I've just been using the dates I found in the local international food store. Maybe those are Medjool dates.

Ingredients:

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup pitted Medjool dates

1 cup water

Serves: 12

Cooking Time: Under 30 minutes

Instructions:

Combine dates and water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, cover and turn down heat and simmer 20 minutes. Add vanilla and simmer 1 minute more. Cool mixture slightly and pour into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Add more water if necessary for a syrupy consistency.

[tnh9479 1]

I just saw some today in our local Middle Eastern market. Maybe if there is a local market you could ask if they can get it.

Twila

[Veiled Princess 1]

This is the recipe I found on a website that I have been making for a while now.

Shukran! Shukran! Shukran! I'll try it soon inshallah. My husband made me some kind of bread/dough for breakfast in Egypt and in the middle was that date syrup and I crave it soooooo much since I got back home. Of course all we had to do there was pick up a can from any local market. LOL

P.S. I'm assuming since your fiance is Egyptian that he's also muslim (could be wrong) but if he is you should be selective in the vanilla extract you use since the most common kind in our grocery stores have alcohol and may not be halaal for him I personally use a vanilla flavoring (not extract) that I found at the grocery store that I checked all the ingredients against a website and found nothing haraam in. Sometimes it's hard to tell since they don't just call it what it is here in the states.

I just saw some today in our local Middle Eastern market. Maybe if there is a local market you could ask if they can get it.

I live in a small town but I think there's a ME grocery in the next town. I know there's an Indian/Paki store there but I wasn't sure if they'd sell the same kinds of foods so I never been there. Maybe I'll look it up and see if there's one there. There's a company in the UK that sells it fairly cheap but it's outrageous to have it shipped here. Thanks!

[iceyspots 0]

I live in metro detroit so we have many middle eastern markets. Are there any near you? If Not I have no problem sending some down if i can find it

[UmmSqueakster 54]

Fake vanilla tastes icky I've started using real vanilla beans instead of extract and omg, my chocolate chip cookies have never tasted so good. If the recipe has something liquidy in it, scrape the insides of the bean into it and let it sit for a few hours to disperse the flavor.

[LRA 0]

Iceyspots, I live in Ann Arbor. :-) It's ME overload here. ...but not as much as Dearborn.

[iceyspots 0]

Iceyspots, I live in Ann Arbor. :-) It's ME overload here. ...but not as much as Dearborn.

yes there are quite a bit.. but I was actually a little bit surprised to see that Los Angeles actually surpassed Detroit in the number of muslims they have. But if you compare population percentage instead of actual number, Detroit would have a higher concentration... I also go to school in Ypsilanti @ EMU, and I'm taking a class at Washtenaw in Ann Arbor.