Umm Ali - Egyptian dessert
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In Egypt, every family has its own version of Om Ali. Some make it with filo dough, others with croissants or simply stale bread. You can use any nuts, including roasted peanuts. In fact, this recipe can easily be adapted to whatever your pantry may contain. Essentially, the Egyptian dessert Om Ali is nothing more than a bread pudding soaked in milk or cream and garnished with nuts and raisins. It's heavenly delicious, though!
The recipes use measuring containers with the following volumes:
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.
1 glass (st.) - 250 ml.
3/4 cup (st.) - 180 ml.
2/3 cup (st.) - 160 ml.
1/2 cup (st.) - 125 ml.
1/3 cup (st.) - 80 ml.
1/4 cup (st.) - 60 ml.
1 tablespoon (tbsp) - 15 ml.
1 teaspoon (tsp) - 5 ml.
1/5 teaspoon (tsp) - 1 ml.
Ingredients for the recipe:
- 500g puff pastry – cut into 6 small square slices
- Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
- Thinly sliced almonds - 1/2 cup
- Raisins - 1/2 cup
- Pine nuts - 1/4 cup
- Cream 10% – 2 cups
- Sugar – 1/2 cup
- Cinnamon powder - 1 teaspoon
- Grated nutmeg - 1/4 teaspoon (optional)
- Grated coconut – 1/4 teaspoon
- Crushed pistachios – 1/4 cup (optional)
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Cooking the dish according to the recipe:
- Defrost frozen puff pastry. Preheat oven to 180 C.
- Place the dough on a greased and lightly floured baking sheet. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool on a wire rack.
- Place almonds, pine nuts, and cashews on a baking sheet and bake in a hot oven for 5 minutes. Remove and cool.
- Place milk, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a small saucepan, heat, and stir until the sugar dissolves. Do not boil!
- Tear the puff pastry into pieces and place some in the prepared baking pan. Sprinkle with raisins and nuts, then top with milk. Make several more layers in the same manner.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Let cool for about 10 minutes before serving, garnish with pistachios, coconut and nuts.
The recipe can be made vegetarian by replacing the milk with coconut or almond milk.
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