Om Ali

Name: Om Ali
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 0.25 Kg Mille feuille Pastry, (or you can use ready-baked Om Ali pastry, it is sold at some local bakeries here in Egypt).; Raisins (optional); Nuts (like hazelnuts, almonds and walnuts, optional); 2 litres milk; Sugar; 5 tbs Cream, divided; 4 Tbs Butter (or Ghee, divided); 2 Tsp Corn starch

9 steps

Prep:20minCook:40min

Om Ali, or Ali's mother in Arabic, is a delicious Egyptian dessert, made with Milk and ready-baked mille feuille pastry. I learned this recipe from my dear friend the great chef Monica Sidhom, so she takes the credit for this lovely taste.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:55:05 GMT

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Ingredients

8 servings

0.25 Kgfeuille Pastry

or you can use ready-baked Om Ali pastry, it is sold at some local bakeries here in Egypt

raisins

optional

Nuts

like hazelnuts, almonds and walnuts, optional

2 litresmilk

5 TbsCream

4 TbsButter

Instructions

Step 1

Break your Mille fille pastry to pieces, and place them in a tagine (or a Dutch oven).

Dutch Oven

Step 2

Chop your nuts to little pieces. Then mix them and the raisins with the pastry pieces.

raisins

Nuts

Step 3

Heat your milk over medium heat. When it becomes hot, dissolve some sugar in it. Keep dissolving sugar till the milk's colour turns from white to a bit creamy. Don't worry if the milk tastes sweet, the taste will be balanced by the pastry (I added around 5-8 tablespoons of sugar)

sugar

milk2 litres

Step 4

Add 2.5 tablespoons of cream and 2 tablespoons of butter to the milk, and dissolve them till the ingredients are well incorporated.

Butter4 Tbs

Cream5 Tbs

Step 5

Set Aside 0.5-0.75 cup of the milk, and pour the remaining amount over the pastry mixture.

Step 6

Spread the remaining 2.5 tablespoons of cream and 2 tablespoons of butter over the pastry mixture.

Step 7

Dissolve 2 tsp of corn starch in the 0.5-0.75 cup of milk you sat aside, and stir them well over low heat till the milk becomes dense like a sauce. Spread this dense sauce over the pastry mixture.

corn starch2 tsp

Step 8

Place your tagine (or Dutch oven) in a pre-heated oven at 200 C for 35-40 minutes, till you notice that the sides of the pastry are becoming golden and somewhat separated from the tagine sides. Then broil for 3-4 minutes.

Step 9

Give it a few minutes to cool a bit, then serve it warm. bon appétit :D