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Shreebia with Cream (Cream-Filled Pastry)

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Shreebia with Cream (Cream-Filled Pastry)

A simple, practical guide to making cream-filled Shreebiya pastries. You can control sweetness by adjusting the syrup after baking.

Total time55 min
Prep20 min
Cook35 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Recipe tags

DessertsInternationalVegetarianGluten freeNut freeEgg freeEasyBalanced time

Ingredients

  • Ready-made puff pastry dough or homemade *
  • Qeshta (clotted cream) or qimir *
  • Cream filling
  • 2 cups liquid milk
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • Stir the ingredients over low heat until the mixture thickens. You can add 1 tablespoon orange blossom water if desired.
  • The Shreebiya with cream recipe from a friend and cook on Sho Tabkhin Today:
  • Fatima Zahoui Ghamlush
  • Click Fatima's name to visit her page on our site.
  • To get the method for making Shreebiya dough at home click this link: How to make filo dough for Shreebiya

Method

  1. Prepare the dough and start by placing 1 tablespoon of the cream filling and roll it into a triangle shape as shown in the accompanying photos.
  2. Arrange the cream-filled Shreebiya triangles on a baking tray.
  3. Place the tray in a preheated oven after greasing the tray with butter.
  4. Brush the tops of the pastries with butter too.
  5. Bake the Shreebiya on the middle rack at 180°C.
  6. When the Shreebiya are cooked and browned, sprinkle them with sugar syrup (qatra or shira) and a little ground pistachio.

Notes and serving ideas

  • Fillo pastry for Shreebiya
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