Cheesecake with Ashta (Clotted Cream)

Ingredients

• Base
• 3 cups biscuits of any kind, finely ground
• 100 g butter, melted
• Ashta (clotted cream) filling
• 5 cups liquid milk
• 5 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tub of Qeimr ashta cream
• 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
• 1 tablespoon rose water
• Strawberry jam for the top
• Also from Anahid: Date-Filled Maamoul

Method

1. Mix the soft butter with the crushed biscuits and rub them together well.
2. Press the biscuit mixture into the bottom of a Pyrex or cheesecake pan.
3. Prepare the ashta: whisk the milk with the sugar and starch while cold, then place over the heat and stir until it comes to a boil.
4. After it boils, reduce the heat and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
   Timers: 10 min
5. Add one can of Qaimar clotted cream and stir well.
6. Add the rosewater and orange blossom water, stir for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat.
   Timers: 2 min
7. Pour the mixture over the biscuit layer and let it cool completely.
8. Chill the cheesecake with ashta in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours to cool and set well.
   Timers: 120 min
9. Decorate with strawberry jam and serve the cheesecake.
10. Also from Anahid: maamoul filled with date paste