Eish al-Saraya

Ingredients

• 10 soft white toast slices, crusts removed
• 1 1/2 cups sugar for the syrup (shira)
• 1 cup water for the syrup
• 1 liter milk
• 4 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tub clotted cream (qeemar) or 170 g
• 1 tablespoon rose water
• 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
• Ground pistachios for garnish
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Method

1. Place the toast slices in a baking tray and brown them in the oven on both sides.
2. After they are toasted, crumble them and spread them in the serving dish.
3. Prepare the syrup: put the sugar in a nonstick pot and stir until it melts and turns golden, then add water and bring it to a boil.
4. Remove the pot from the heat and pour the hot syrup over the crumbled toast.
5. Mix the milk with the starch in another pot; put the mixture on the stove, stirring constantly until it boils, then allow it to thicken.
6. Remove the pot from the heat, add the cream, orange blossom water, and rose water, and stir well.
7. Pour the mixture, after it has cooled to room temperature, into the serving dish over the toast.
8. Place the Aish al-Saraya dish in the refrigerator until completely chilled.
9. Before serving, garnish the surface of Aish al-Saraya with ground pistachios and chopped nuts as desired.
10. Salam Hijazi (Um Hadi)
11. For more delicious desserts that kids love, here is this link: How to make cupcakes
12. For more desserts from Salam, here is this link: Maamoul filled with clotted cream