 A gazelle ankle cookie . | |
| Alternative names | Arabic: كعب الغزال (kaʕbu lɣazaːl) "gazelle ankles"
French: cornes de gazelle "gazelle horns" |
|---|---|
| Type | cookie |
| Course | dessert |
| Place of origin | North Africa |
| Region or state | North Africa |
| Main ingredients | almond paste |
| Ingredients generally used | flour, sugar, butter, orange blossom water |
Gazelle ankles (transliterated from Arabic: كعب الغزال kaʕbu lɣazaːl, also known in French as cornes de gazelle, "gazelle horns") are a traditional cookie of the Maghreb.[1][2] They are crescent-shaped cookies made of flour-based dough filled with almond paste aromatized with orange blossom water.
The essential ingredients in gazelle ankles:
