I had a Dream

I had a dream, to relive the warm Beirut holidays of my childhood, warm chestnuts, raha and biscuit, laughs and giggles, with our loved ones. I had a dream, a pavlova as nostalgic as those evenings, Un Noël à Beyrouth. Mastic meringue, vanilla mascarpone whipped cream, a chestnut cream sweetened with Lebanese honey, slices of marrons glacés (candied chestnuts) and chewy mastic raha (loukoum) decorated with edible gold leaf.