Description
Sugar syrup known as ater or attar in Arabic, is an easy simple recipe that is commonly used with desserts. It consists of a mixture of sugar and water, with an added squeeze of lemon, and infused with orange blossom water and/ or rose water.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups of white granulated sugar
- 1 cup tap water
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon orange blossom water and/or rose water
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over medium heat add sugar and water, stir, and let it dissolve.
- Once it starts boiling add lemon, lower the heat, and let it continue to boil for 5 minutes.
- Turn the heat off and stir in orange blossom water.
- Store in a glass jar once cooled off.
Notes
- Use only granulated sugar with this recipe, do not use brown sugar or powdered sugar.
- Be aware if you over-boil the sugar syrup it’ll be too thick.
- Don't skip using the lemon, it serves to hold off any crystallization.
- I use lemon zest instead of orange blossom water with harissa recipe and neither with hilbeh.
- Depending on the dessert some require sugar syrup to be served cold and some warm.