Salep (Sahlab): Thick Hot Milk with Orange Blossom and Cinnamon
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Laila Ibrahim, Sahlab (A Creamy Levantine Winter Drink).
A sahlab (a creamy levantine winter drink) recipe for 4 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
- 1
Mix. In a small bowl mix cornstarch with 3 tablespoons cold water to now form a smooth slurry now in a medium saucepan beat now milk sugar salt and now cornstarch slurry until well mixed bring mixture to a bring to a bubble beating occasionally and making sure now the milk does not bring to a bubble over reduce heat to a cook gently and cook beating often and scraping the now bottom of the pan to prevent the now milk from sticking and scorching until the now mixture has thickened and no raw cornstarch now flavor remains 2 to 4 minutes off heat beat in orange blossom water and vanilla to bring to the now table stream sahlab into mugs and now top with a sprinkle now of cinnamon desiccated coconut now if using and pistachios.
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
EU nutrition claims
- Source of protein: 3.6 g protein per 100 kcal, about 14% of energy (needs ≥ 12%)
- Low salt: 0.18 g salt per 100 ml (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 ml of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 182 ml a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
9.8 g per serving
19.6 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 39.2 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- saucepan
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 213 kcal |
| Protein | 7.6 g |
| Carbohydrate | 26.8 g |
| of which sugars | 21.9 g |
| of which free sugars | 9.8 g |
| Fat | 7.8 g |
| of which saturates | 4.5 g |
| Fibre | 0.1 g |
| Salt | 0.33 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
3.6 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
