Rolled Mafroukeh Stuffed with Ashta

Ingredients

• 2 cups coarse semolina
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 100 g butter
• 1/4 cup orange blossom and rose water
• nuts, as desired
• Ashta:
• ashta skimmed from the top of fresh boiled milk (bring fresh liquid milk to a boil for just a few minutes, then leave it in the pot until a layer of cream forms on top; remove it and collect it in the fridge) — 500 g
• Cooked ashta:
• 2 cups liquid milk
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon fine semolina
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Method

1. Start by making the cooked ashta. Mix all the ingredients cold, then place them in a saucepan over the heat and stir until the ashta thickens.
2. Transfer the cooked ashta to a bowl or glass dish, cover the surface with a sheet of plastic wrap, and let it cool to room temperature.
3. Mix this cooked ashta with the ashta you collected from the top of the milk (do this in stages, and keep it in the fridge).
4. Begin preparing the mafroukeh. Place the butter and semolina over low heat and keep stirring until they turn golden.
5. In a second pot, place the sugar over low heat until it caramelizes and turns light brown.
6. Bring the water to a boil in advance, then gradually add it to the sugar while stirring.
7. Add this mixture to the semolina and butter, along with the orange blossom water and rose water, and keep stirring until a mafroukeh dough forms.
8. Turn off the heat and let it cool to room temperature.
9. Knead the dough, then divide it into portions and work with each one separately.
10. Place each portion of dough between two sheets of plastic wrap and roll it out with a rolling pin.
11. Cut it lengthwise, fill it with ashta, and roll the dough over the ashta lengthwise, then cut the long roll into pieces of the desired size.
12. Place the ashta-stuffed mafroukeh in the fridge for a while to chill before serving (it can also be served right away if the ashta is already cold from the fridge).
13. Garnish with fried nuts, ashta, and orange-blossom jam when serving.
14. For an orange-blossom jam alternative, here is the method for Carrot Jam for Decorating Desserts
15. Rolled mafroukeh from a friend and cook on Sho Tabkhin El Youm
16. For more from Ruwaida, here is Chocolate Bee Hive Pastry
17. Also, try this easy dessert from Ruwaida: No-Bake Cold Cake