Dubai Chocolate Pistachio Stuffed Cookies Recipe

Chocolate cookies with a green Dubai chocolate filling, Foodie Flavours pistachio flavouring bottle, and chocolate chips on a wooden surface.

Recipe

Dubai Chocolate Cookies

Decadent, Gooey and Vibrantly Pistachio. Luxury Cookies with Dubai Dessert Energy.

These Dubai chocolate cookies are anything but ordinary. Each cookie hides a crisp nest of kataifi pastry at its centre, wrapped in soft, gooey chocolate chip dough and filled with pistachio flavoured white chocolate coloured a striking green.

The result is a rich blend of textures and flavours melty, crunchy, nutty and sweet. Feeling every bit as indulgent as the desserts you’ll find in Dubai’s bakeries and cafés. A standout bake for when only something unforgettable will do.

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Assorted baking ingredients including chocolate chips, flour, pistachio flavouring and butter on a wooden surface.

a hand holding foodie flavours pistachio natural flavouring glass bottle, dispensing drops

Pistachio flavoured white chocolate cookie filling

Foodie Flavours pistachio flavoring bottle with chocolate cookies and ingredients on a wooden surface.

Chocolate cookie with a green ball of Dubai chocolate filling being held by hands

Chocolate cookie with green Dubai Chocolate filling held between two hands on a wooden surface.

Stack of chocolate cookies with green Dubai chocolate filling on a wooden surface

Ingredients

150g White Chocolate
3 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
Green Gel Food Colouring (optional)
50g Kataifi Pastry (Dried & Shredded)
30 Drops Foodie Flavours Pistachio Flavouring
100g Dark Soft Brown Sugar
80g Golden Caster Sugar
120g Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
1 Large Egg, at room temperature
225g Plain Flour
50g Cocoa Powder
1 Tsp Baking Powder
½ Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
Pinch of Salt
100g Milk Chocolate Chips
50g Dark Chocolate Chips

Instructions

Servings 6 / Prep time 20 mins, plus 60 mins chill time / Cook time 12-15 mins

Break up the white chocolate into a microwave safe bowl.
Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring in between until the chocolate has melted.
If colouring the chocolate, add green gel food colouring and mix until evenly distributed.
Stir in the vegetable oil, then mix in the pistachio flavouring.
Fold in the kataifi pastry and pop the mixture in the fridge for 15 mins to set slightly.
Divide the mixture into 6 balls and place them in the freezer for 45 mins.
Preheat the oven to 200°C /180°C fan and line a tray with baking paper or a silicone baking mat.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter with the sugars for 2-3 mins using a stand mixer or electric whisk.
Add the egg and beat again until combined.
In a separate bowl mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
Once the dry ingredients are mixed, add these into the butter and sugar mixture. Mix until a dough is formed.
Mix in the chocolate chips.
Divide the cookie dough into 6 equal balls.
Flatten each portion of dough and place a ball of pistachio mixture in the centre of each. Fold the cookie dough over the pistachio mixture and form a ball.
Place the balls of dough onto your prepared baking tray, making sure to leave space for the cookies to spread. You may need to bake the cookies in two batches.
Bake in the oven for 12-15 mins.
Leave the cookies on the tray to cool.
Best eaten fresh and slightly warm.