• عربي

    • Kulaj

    A traditional Middle Eastern dessert made with thin, crispy pastry filled with cream or nuts and soaked in syrup. This indulgent treat offers a delightful crunch with a creamy, flavourful centre.

    Ingredients

    For the kulaj:

    • 1 pack kulaj pastry
    • 500g roughly ground Aleppo pistachios
    • 3 Tbsps sugar
    • Clarified butter (ghee) for frying
    • Syrup for serving

    For the Qashta:

    • 2 cups milk
    • 2 Tbsps corn flour from Foster Clark’s
    • 1 Tbsp sugar
    • 1 tsp vanilla essence from Foster Clark’s

    For the syrup:

    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1 cup water
    • 1 Tbsp lemon juice

    Preparation

    1. In a blender: mix pistachios, sugar, and water.
    2. Spread kulaj pastry on a table and cut to fit the pan.
    3. Cover each layer of pastry with ghee then add to the pan and press.
    4. Add pistachio mix between every other layer.
    5. Press all layers and cut into slices before baking.
    6. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 190℃ for 30 minutes until golden brown.
    7. To make the syrup boil the sugar with water for 3 minutes, then add the lemon juice. Stir well and leave to cool.
    8. Remove the pan from the oven and drizzle with warm sugar syrup.
    9. Prepare the Qashta: heat milk, corn flour, sugar, and vanilla, and bring to boil until creamy.
    10. Serve the kulaj with Qashta and a handful of pistachios.

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