Umm Ali – Egyptian Pastry Pudding. This Umm Ali is a traditional Egyptian Sweet Pastry Dessert similar to North American bread pudding. It uses puff pastry, raisins, almonds and coconut to make a delicious dessert! Okay, before you run away screaming, hear me out.

Ingredients of Umm Ali – Egyptian Pastry Pudding

1. You need 8-10 of Puff Pastry sheets.
2. Prepare 4-5 cups of full fat Milk.
3. Prepare 1 tin of Nestle Condensed Milk.
4. You need 1/4 cup of Golden Raisins.
5. It’s 1/4 cup of Almonds slivered.
6. Prepare 1/4 cup of Pistachios slivered.
7. It’s 200 ml of Fresh Cream.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of Vanilla essence.
9. You need 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon powder.
10. Prepare 3 tbsp of Granulated Sugar.

Egyptian Pastry Pudding – Umm Ali is just the appropriate option to prepare when you have a get together or night party at home. Umm Ali is made with already baked puff pastry instead of any other regular bread and eggs are not added to the milk syrup that goes in. Om Ali or Umm Ali is the Egyptian equivalent to the western bread pudding. A traditional Egyptian dessert of soaked bread, milk and loads of nuts.

Umm Ali – Egyptian Pastry Pudding step by step

1. Boil milk and allow it to simmer for about 5 minutes on a low flame. Set aside for cooling. Preheat the oven to 180°..
2. In a rectangular baking dish, arrange the puff pastry sheets torn into pieces. After the milk has cooled down, add the vanilla essence and the condensed milk to it. Mix well and pour it on the pastry sheets..
3. Sprinkle the slivered nuts on top. Pour the fresh cream also. Mix well and sprinkle some Cinnamon powder and granulated sugar on top. Bake in a preheated oven on 180° for about 25 minutes or more until a golden crust is seen on top..
4. The top gets a perfect brown colour due to the caramelisation of the sugar and looks too tempting. Best served warm. However it can be served chilled also. Enjoy!.
5. Enjoy it either warm or chilled. This exclusive dessert is an excellent choice for a lovely wholesome dessert idea..

Another recipe with a strange name. I can hear you say that :). Actually I agree with you it really has a strange name and a bloody. An Egyptian classic as old as time, gets an upgrade with the use of delightfully delicious PALMIERS (lunettes) instead of regular 'ol puff pastry or roaa (Egyptian flat bread). Oodles of crushed palmiers get mixed with nuts, sweetened hot milk, topped with whipped cream and broiled to perfection.