Klaitcha is Al-Qassim's most celebrated pastry: a spiced dough of flour and ghee filled with date paste and stamped with carved wooden seals. Baked in great batches before Eid and gifted to relatives, Unaizah and Buraydah hold the reputation for the Kingdom's finest.
The scent of Eid from Al-Qassim ovens Al-Qassim
Klaitcha كليجة
A date-paste-filled biscuit scented with cardamom, baked in home ovens for feasts and seasons.
The ReimaginingKlaitcha Macaron
A spiced date macaron: delicate almond shells embracing a date ganache of cardamom and saffron.
Ingredients
FlourGheeDate pasteCardamom & cinnamon
Date varieties used
The gold of Al-QassimSukkari Dates
Sukkari is a golden, exceptionally sweet date from Al-Qassim — crisp when dry and melting when soft — and the Kingdom's most sought-after variety.
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The two-tone dateSegai Dates
Segai is a distinctive Al-Qassim date with two tones — a golden top and brown base — fibrous, mildly sweet and prized for luxury gifting.
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