Goo goo recipe what is the name of the dish?

Question

I went to tunisia on my hols recently and when i went to have dinner with my friends parents, for pudding his mum served up something called goo goo to them it is a top layer of custard with a bottom layer of black gooey custard but it is made from some sort of black seed, it didn't taste like vanilla as i thought it would be,the tunisians call it Goo Goo? can anybody help with what the name of the dish could be if they know it.ta x

Answer 1

I think you are referring to Assida Zgougou, which is a sweet pudding of ground pine seeds topped by a vanilla cream and decorated with grated nuts.  The name "zgougou" actually refers to these black seeds from the pine tree.  "Assida" roughly translates into pudding.  This dish is found only in Tunisia. It is usually made on Mawlid Nabawi (or the Mouled, Prophet Mohammed's birthday).

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ZGOUGOU

Ingredients:

1kg pine nuts or zgougous Aleppo

500 grams of sugar

2 liters of water

750 grams sifted flour

*Pastry cream or Orange Blossom cream*

FOR ORANGE BLOSSOM CREAM

3 cans of water

A few drops of orange blossom water

1 box of sweetened condensed milk

4 egg yolks

Different dried fruits, or nuts or candy for garnish

Directions:

* Sort pine nuts carefully to remove all the stones, herbs, etc. You will need patience and good eyes

* Place the pine nuts in a large container and wash with water carefully to eliminate any further dirt

* Grind gables clean with a chopper

* Mix batter in 2 liters of water

* Pass the mixture through a very fine sieve. Press hard on the dough to get the maximum amount of juice. There must remain a dry dough that you can discard.

* Mix the sifted flour with the liquid black that you recovered

* On low heat, continue to mix well to prevent the formation of lumps

* Keep mixing constantly. The Assida will thicken gradually

* As soon as you feel your Assida thicken, add the sugar while continuing to stir so that your cream is still homogeneous

* As soon as it is quite thick, pour the mixture into small bowls

~~Now you can put you pastry cream or cream geranium on top

ORANGE BLOSSOM CREAM

* Mix sweetened condensed milk, 3 cans of water, egg yolks and orange blossom water

* Over low heat, bring to simmer, stirring until it thickens

Answer 2

Yes, the dish is called Assida zgougou, and I want to thank the previous poster for referring you to my site!

Assida zgougou is a Tunisian dessert prepared at the time of the Mouled. It is a pudding made from pine nuts of the Alep pine. It is served in bowls and covered with cream and topped with adornments (such as almonds, small candies, etc).

The preparation for this desert is very time consuming and tedious.

Since the previous poster already gave you my directions for how to make it, I will spare you the repetition. Here is the direct link to the recipe though, instead of a link to my basic recipe page:

http://jamiehassen.multiply.com/recipes/...

If I can be of any more help or assistance, please feel free to contact me.