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Um Ali, Egyptian Bread Pudding

Um Ali literally means by "Ali's mother" and it is a delicious dessert from Egypt. a cross between Baklava and bread pudding, the creaminess and the crunch of nuts makes it absolutely worth those calories
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine egyptian
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 6 filo sheets of pastry
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2.5 cups milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
  • 3/4 cup cream
  • strands saffron few
  • 1 tbsp rose petals dried
  • 1/4 cup pistachio flakes
  • 1/4 cup almond flakes
  • 1/4 cup raisins
  • 1/4 cup cashews chopped

Instructions
 

  • Pre heat the oven to 180C for 20 minutes.
  • Line the filo pastry sheets and bake till crisp for 15 minutes, set aside for cooling
  • Mix together milk, butter, cream, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom, rose petals, saffron and bring to a boil. Simmer for 2-3 minutes and set aside for cooling.
  • Once both the milk and pastry sheets are cooler, in a large baking dish break half the pastry into smaller pieces and spread. Sprinkle dry fruits and nuts and cover with the rest of the pastry.
  • Now using a laddle, pour the milk mixture evenly over the pastry. Let it sit for 10 minutes so that most of the liquid gets absorbed.
  • Bake at 220 C for about 20 minutes.
  • Serve warm or cold topped with some more rose petals and nuts

Notes

Some notes
1. It is traditionally made with puff pastry sheets but I am just about recovering from fever and had no strength to make puff pastry, besides it is not easy in Bangalore to get ready made puff pastry so I used filo, if you can get puff pastry please use that, something tells me results will be even delightful
2. I added the butter in the recipe to compensate for the fat, which the original didn't have since I wasn't using the puff pastry but filo, if you are using a puff pastry skip the butter.
3. If you can lay your hands on unsalted khari, this would be great to bake with that. Just start from step 3.
PS: I was down with fever and hence lagging behind in posts but trying to catch up so stay tuned
 
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