Lebanese Desserts

The Lebanese custom after finishing a meal is to serve a selection of the seasonal fruits. Sweet pastries, such as baklawa or heavy dessert are served in smallish quantities with Turkish coffee or minted tea. Desserts in Lebanon are also associated with special occasions, Kellaj for instance is eaten during the holy month of Ramadan, whereas mamoul (nut pastries) rass bil-tamer (date pastries) are consumed during the festivities of Easter, meghli (spiced fragrant rice pudding) used to be served to celebrate the birth of a baby boy but nowadays, it can be either.