Homemade Shaabiyat

Ingredients

• Ready-made baklava dough
• Butter or ghee for the tray and the tops
• Prepared sugar syrup
• Cooked cream filling:
• 1 liter liquid milk
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons chickpea flour or very fine semolina
• A pinch of orange blossom water and rose water
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Method

1. Mix the cream ingredients: milk, cornstarch, and chickpea flour while cold, then place the pot over the heat
2. Stir over high heat until the mixture comes to a boil
3. Add the orange blossom water and rose water and stir for 2 minutes until the cream thickens slightly
   Timers: 2 min
4. Let the cooked cream cool completely before using it for the filling
5. Cut the baklava dough into slightly large or medium squares
6. Fold two opposite sides together to form a triangle, then fill the pieces with cream at room temperature
7. Grease a baking tray with butter or ghee and arrange the pieces
8. Brush the tops with ghee or butter as well
9. Place the tray in the middle of a 180°C oven until the shaabiyat turn golden on both sides
10. Remove the tray from the oven and immediately pour the cold prepared syrup over the top