Jallab 🧊 date-molasses cooler 🇱🇧

Description

Icy Levantine cooler made with jallab (date/grape molasses + rose water), poured over heaps of ice with pine nuts and raisins. ✨

Hook
Syrup + super-cold water + lots of ice = café-style layers and a fragrant, caramel-fruity sip. 🔥

Ingredients

• 🧴 Jallab syrup (store-bought): 120 ml (½ cup / 4 fl oz)
• 💧 Ice-cold water: 480 ml (2 cups / 16 fl oz)
• 🧊 Ice cubes: 300 g (3 cups / 10.6 oz)
• 🌹 Rose water (only if your syrup isn’t perfumed): 2–3 ml (½ tsp / 0.1 fl oz)
• 🌲 Pine nuts: 20 g (2 tbsp / 0.7 oz)
• 🍇 Raisins: 20 g (2 tbsp / 0.7 oz)
• 🍋 Optional: lemon peel strip for aroma

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Chill — Put 2 tall glasses in the freezer 5 min. Keep water and syrup very cold (fridge-cold or over ice).
2. 2️⃣ Build — Add ¾ cup ice per glass. Divide jallab syrup (≈60 ml each) over the ice.
3. 3️⃣ Top — Pour 240 ml ice-cold water into each glass. If your syrup isn’t floral, add a few drops rose water.
4. 4️⃣ Finish — Stir gently to marble, then add pine nuts, raisins, and a lemon peel strip. Serve immediately.

Total Time

⏱️ Prep: 5 min
🍹 Mixing: 1 min
😌 Rest: 0 min
🕒 Total: 6 min

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