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01 — The lexicon
Damascus did not write its confectionery down. It repeated it — in method, in form, in the exact thickness of a sheet — until the sweets themselves became legible.
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Filo drawn thin enough to read through, brushed with clarified butter, packed with halabi pistachio and cut on the diagonal before it ever sees the oven. Syruped while warm, so the layers drink and still crack.
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Clotted milk cream, set slowly and folded cold into warm pastry. The quietest thing in the case, and the one that tells you immediately whether a house is serious.
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Shredded or fine semolina pastry over cheese or cream, browned on the tray and turned exactly once. Eaten hot, often before noon, frequently standing up.
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Literally: things of Sham — of Damascus. Ash al-Bulbul, Mabroumeh, Balloriyeh. The rolled and the coiled, named after the city that taught them to hold their shape.
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Shortbread of semolina or flour, pressed into a carved wooden mould and filled with date, walnut or pistachio. The mould leaves a pattern; the pattern tells you what is inside before you break it.
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Stretched, not churned. Mastic and sahlab give it the pull; a coat of ground pistachio gives it the finish. Pounded in a chilled drum until it refuses to melt in a hurry.
Beyond the signatures
NAWASHIF · FROZEN · CHOCOLATE BAKLAVA · TURKISH BAKLAVA · FLOUR MAAMOUL · SEMOLINA MAAMOUL
Fifteen families in the case. Six of them are here because they carry the accent most clearly.
temperatures
Two temperatures. Warm pastry, cold syrup — never both warm. That is the whole secret, and it is not a secret.
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03 — The artisan
You cannot cut baklava once it is baked — the sheets shatter and the pistachio runs. So the tray is scored cold, in full, in one pass, by someone who has done it enough times not to measure.
TASTE BELONGS
TO PLACE.
Damascene takes its name from a city where sweets became a language of their own. Recipes, textures and techniques shaped over time gave Damascus a confectionery culture immediately recognised by those who know it.
We speak from within the culture,
not about it.
Rosa × damascena — the rose that carries the city's name, and the colour this house answers to. It is the only ornament we needed.
05 — The gift
Thoughtfully composed, beautifully presented and rooted in the traditions of Damascus — each Damascene gift is made to mark a moment and leave an impression.
The art of giving, the Damascene way.
06 — The destination
Two stores, one house. Choose the one that ships to your table.
Choose your store
WHERE WILL YOU TASTE DAMASCENE?
Damascene
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