• عربي

    • Um Ali

    A delicious Middle Eastern dessert made with layers of puff pastry soaked in sweet custard and topped with roasted nuts for a crunchy finish. Perfect for any occasion!

    Makes:

    12 portions

    Ingredients

    • 8 baked puffed pastry pieces or 1 sheet
    • Toasted nuts as desired

    For milk mixture:

    • 5 cups liquid milk
    • ½ cup sugar
    • 1 tsp cinnamon
    • 1 tsp cardamom
    • 1 tsp vanilla essence from Foster Clark’s
    • Pinch of salt

    For custard:

    • 1 Tbsp custard powder from Foster Clark’s
    • 2-3 Tbsps sugar (depending on taste)
    • 250ml milk

    Preparation

    1. Bake puffed pastry according to package instructions, crush in pieces and place in the baking dish and top with nuts.
    2. Prepare custard separately by combining 1 Tbsps of custard powder and 2-3 Tbsps of sugar with 6 Tbsps of milk.
    3. Add this mixture to the remaining milk and stir on high heat for 5 mins. Bring to boil gently until the mixture thickens. 
    4. Prepare milk mixture and bring to boil.
    5. Pour milk mixture over puffed pastry then cover with custard.
    6. Decorate with nuts.
    7. Bake at 200℃ for 15 mins then broil (max 10min) until slightly brown.

    Made With

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