Big Hit Egyptian Dessert Um Ali

Name: Big Hit Egyptian Dessert Um Ali
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 g puff pastry; 5 cups liquid milk; 1 cup heavy cream; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 cup raisins; 1/2 cup pistachios, crushed; 1/2 cup blanched almonds, chopped; 1/2 cup raw pine nuts; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Nadia @cook_5061727

القاهرة، Egypt

A layer of cooked puff pastry, covered with kashta cream & pistachios, then baked. A heavenly treat!

Nadia @cook_5061727

القاهرة، Egypt

A layer of cooked puff pastry, covered with kashta cream & pistachios, then baked. A heavenly treat!

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Ingredients

60 mins

10 servings

500 gpuff pastry
5 cupsliquid milk
1 cupheavy cream
1 cuppowdered sugar
1 cupraisins
1/2 cuppistachios, crushed
1/2 cupblanched almonds, chopped
1/2 cupraw pine nuts
1 teaspoonvanilla extract

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Steps

60 mins

1

Preheat the oven to 375 F.
2

Unroll the puff pastry and put it in the oven for 15 min or until its top layer becomes crispy and golden. Remove from the oven and let it to cool.
3

Break the cooked pastry into medium pieces and put them in a large bowl. Add in the raisins, almonds and pine nuts. Mix well. Spread the mixture evenly in a baking dish.
4

Bring the milk, sugar, heavy cream and vanilla extract to a boil in a medium saucepan. When they start boiling, lower the temperature and let simmer for 5 min. Remove from heat and let cool.
5

Pour milk mixture gradually over the pastry and nut mixture in the dish, wait a bit before adding some more again so that it gets absorbed by the pastry.
6

Then sprinkle the crushed pistachios on top and set dish aside for 15 minutes to make sure that the puff pastry has absorbed enough liquid.
7

Bake the dish in the oven for 15 minutes ( 5 min of which under the broiler). The top of the dish should become golden/ brown. Serve warm.