What do "Chamia" and "Estopeta" Mean?

[Cookwithlove]

Anyone can tell me these 2 terms/ingredient?

chamia and estopeta?

xie xie ni

[piperdown]

If Chamia is like Halwa Chamia, then it's a candy made from a mixture of tahini and nougat.

Halwa Chamia

Edited March 6, 2007 by piperdown (log)

[Cookwithlove]

If Chamia is like Halwa Chamia, then it's a candy made from a mixture of tahini and nougat.

Halwa Chamia

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I came across a recipe called Tunisian parfait.....

[DerekW]

Context? [just curious...] Edited to add that escopeta [with a 'c'] is Spanish for a gun of sorts.

Edited March 6, 2007 by DerekW (log)

[Gastro888]

Xie xie ni looks like Pinyin for "Thank you" in Mandarin. I could be wrong but it looks really similar!

[nikkib]

http://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recette.c...m_recette=25682 has a recipe for chamia (but its in french)

this seems to be the english version - It is also called Qalb-el-louz and is an algerian baklava

for the dough :

4 cups coarse semolina

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup melted butter

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup orange blossom water

1packet vanilla sugar

For the filling :

5 tablespoon of ground almonds

1 tablespoon sugar

1 tablespoon cinnamon

2 tablespoons blossom water

for the syrup :

4 cups water

2 cups sugar

2 tablespoons blossom water

Preparation :

For the dough, mix the semoulina, sugar, butter and vanilla sugar.

Add water and blossom orange water slowly until the dough is gathered. Do not overwork.

Filling: Mix sugar, cinnamon and almonds.

Grease a baking pan Spread half the dough on the bottom so it is about 3 inches deep.

spread the fillilng evenly on dough. Sprinkle some more orange water.

add the other half of the dough, making sure the almonds are all covered with dough.

Cut into squares before baking and place a whole almond in each square.

Let sit for at least two hours.

In the meantime, prepare the syrup by mixing the all the syrup ingredients. Boil until the syrup has reduced by about 30% and is still runny

Bake at 210C or around 375 F for one hour. the top should be golden colour. Remouve from oven and pour the syrup immediately, adding syrup as it is absorbed until it is saturated. Let cool.

[Cookwithlove]

Xie xie ni looks like Pinyin for "Thank you" in Mandarin.  I could be wrong but it looks really similar!

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precisely!