Om Ali

Bread pudding with milk, nuts and coconut.

Ingredients

• 400 g Puff pastry
• 4 cups Milk
• 1 cup Cream
• ¾ cup Sugar
• ½ cup Pistachios
• ½ cup Almonds
• ½ cup Raisins
• ½ cup Shredded coconut
• 1 tsp Cinnamon

Method

1. Bake the pastry — Bake the puff pastry until deep golden and very crisp, then crush it coarsely.
2. Layer — Spread the pastry in a dish with the nuts, raisins and coconut.
3. Heat the milk — Warm the milk with sugar until steaming but not boiling.
4. Soak — Pour the hot milk over and press down so everything absorbs it.
5. Top and bake — Spread cream over the surface and bake at 200°C for 20 minutes until browned and bubbling.
6. Om Ali is ready — Serve hot with cinnamon.

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