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Om Ali

أم علي/OOM AH-lee/
Om AliPhoto: Wikimedia Commons
About this dish

A warm bread pudding baked with milk, nuts, and raisins, an Egyptian dessert classic.

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Ingredients
🥐6 sheets puff pastry, baked and torn
🥛4 cups milk
🌰1/2 cup mixed nuts
🍇1/3 cup raisins
Method
Serves 4
1
Bake puff pastry sheets until golden, then tear into pieces.
2
Arrange the pastry pieces in a baking dish with nuts and raisins.
3
Warm the milk with sugar until dissolved.
4
Pour the sweetened milk over the pastry.
5
Bake at 180°C (350°F) until the top is golden and bubbling.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Om Ali is a beloved Egyptian bread pudding, historically linked to royal Egyptian legend and now a common festive dessert.

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