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Geymar and Kahi

Name: Geymar and Kahi
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Iraq
Ingredients: 2 Frozen puff pastry sheet; 200g Clotted Cream; 4 tbsp Date syrup; A pinch Cinnamon powder

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Kahi pastry topped with rich geymar cream and date syrup — an indulgent Iraqi breakfast.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Geymar is a rich clotted cream made from water buffalo milk and a popular Iraqi breakfast. It's eaten on flaky kahi pastry with date syrup (or honey) poured over. In Baghdad, specialty shops have lines from early morning. It's classically eaten with tea.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Early in the morning in Baghdad, a line forms outside a specialty shop as fresh pastry is topped with plenty of cream and date syrup.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Frozen puff pastry sheet 2
Clotted Cream 200g
Date syrup 4 tbsp
Cinnamon powder A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Thaw the frozen puff pastry and cut each sheet into 4.
Prick with a fork and bake at 200°C for 15 minutes until puffed and golden.
Place on plates while hot.
Top with plenty of clotted cream.
Drizzle with date syrup.
Sprinkle with a little cinnamon and serve with tea.

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