🇪🇬 Egypt cuisine · #9

Om Ali

Om Ali
Time40 min
Serves6
Ingredients8

A warm Egyptian dessert of pastry or croissant pieces soaked in sweet milk with nuts and coconut, baked until the top browns.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Break the pastry into a baking dish.
  2. Scatter nuts, raisins and coconut on top.
  3. Heat the milk with sugar and vanilla to the boil and pour over.
  4. Spoon the cream over the surface.
  5. Bake at 200°C for 15 minutes, then grill until browned.
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