Om Ali
Traditional dish with frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed, walnuts, pecans.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
Ingredients
- 1 package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed
- ½ cup walnuts
- 1 cup pecans
- 1 cup hazelnuts
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup flaked coconut
- 1¼ cups white sugar
- 4 cups milk
- ½ cup heavy cream
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Butter a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- Place the pastry sheets in the baking dish and place the dish in the oven.
- Watch it closely.
- When the top layer turns crunchy and golden, remove it from the oven.
- Continue until all the sheets are cooked.
- Preheat the oven broiler.
- In a bowl, combine the walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, raisins, coconut, and ¼ cup sugar.
- Break the cooked pastry into pieces and stir into the nut mixture.
- Spread the mixture evenly in a 9x13 inch dish.
- Bring the milk and ½ cup sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Pour over the nut mixture.
- Whip the heavy cream with the remaining ½ cup sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Spread evenly over the nut mixture in the dish.
- Place the dessert under the oven broiler until the top is golden brown, about 10 minutes.
- Serve hot.
Adapted from “Om Ali”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.