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Om Ali garnished with nuts.
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Om Ali

Use full fat and rich creamy milk. Use good quality fresh palmiers that are made with real butter.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Egyptian
Keyword Egyptian Dessert, Om Ali
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 47 minutes
Servings 8 Servings
Calories 444kcal

Equipment

  • 8" casserole

Ingredients

For milk

  • cup milk
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon cardamom powder
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • 1 tablespoon crushed almond more for garnish
  • 1 tablespoon crushed pistachios more for garnish

Other

  • ¾ cup cream heavy, whipping, tetrapack
  • 13 Palmier biscuits , see notes 1
  • 2 tablespoon golden raisins optional
  • 6 tablespoon whipped cream whipped to stiff peaks

Instructions

  • In a saucepan heat milk with all ingredients for milk. Bring it to boil then let it simmer for 15-20 minutes until the milk is reduced to half.
  • Let it cool a bit then add cream and mix well. Set aside.
  • In an 8 inch casserole break 10 palmier into large bits. Also, sprinkle raisins.
  • Pour milk-cream syrup over broken palmiers.
  • Now break the remaining 3 palmiers and sprinkle over the milk.
  • Dot the casserole with whipped cream.
  • Bake in a pre-heated oven for 15 minutes at 350 F until bubbling hot.
  • Then broil for 15 minutes until golden and you see few dark spots on a biscuit.
  • Garnish with freshly toasted nuts and serve. (Skip garnish if you don't like nuts.)

Notes

  • Palmiers: Palmiers are heart-shaped cookies made with puff pastry. 10 cookies are of about 250 grams that will do in the dish. 3 cookies for topping would make 75 grams.

Nutrition

Calories: 444kcal