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Om Ali
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dessert vegetarian

Om Ali

أم علي (umm ali)

A baked pudding of puff pastry pieces in sweet milk and cream with nuts, raisins and coconut.

Eaten in: Egypt

Prep
20 min
Cooking
40 min
Total
1 h
Servings
6

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About the dish

Om Ali, meaning “Ali's mother”, is Egypt's best-known dessert – warm, creamy and very simple. Broken pieces of baked puff pastry or thin ruqaq bread are mixed with nuts, raisins and desiccated coconut, covered with hot sweetened milk and baked under a layer of cream until the top browns. It is a little like bread pudding, but lighter and crisper on top. It is served hot, straight from the dish, often during Ramadan and at family gatherings.

Main ingredients

  • puff pastry
  • milk
  • cream
  • sugar
  • nuts
  • raisins
  • desiccated coconut

More: Wikipedia (en)

Recipe

Om Ali

https://foodmap.ominuvo.com/dish/om-ali

Ingredients

6 servings

6 servings

Method

  1. Bake the puff pastry on a tray at 200°C as directed until golden and crisp, then let it cool.

  2. Chop the nuts roughly and toast them lightly in a dry pan.

  3. Break the pastry into pieces and toss it in an ovenproof dish with the nuts, raisins and half the coconut.

  4. Bring the milk to the boil with the sugar and vanilla sugar and pour it over the pastry.

  5. Whip the cream to soft peaks, spread it over the top and sprinkle with the rest of the coconut.

  6. Bake at 220°C (ideally with the top grill on) for 15–20 minutes until browned, and serve hot.

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