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Mini Athmaliya with Qishta (Clotted Cream)
Total time65 min
Prep30 min
Cook35 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyMedium
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ChefEsraa Salem Al-Samak

Mini Athmaliya with Qishta (Clotted Cream)

Mini Athmaliya with qishta — super easy. Just make the qishta (clotted cream) ahead and chill it in the fridge; the rest is quick. This dessert is very special.

Mini Athmaliya with qishta... mmm, absolutely delicious

Ingredients

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  • 500 g Athmaliya pastry dough
  • 1 cup ghee (clarified butter), melted
  • Qishta (homemade clotted cream), prepared in advance and chilled
  • Click the link for the method from Israa: How to make Qishta (clotted cream)
  • Crushed pistachios
  • Sugar syrup (shira / qatr)
  • Syrup
  • Dissolve 2 cups sugar in 1 cup water and place on the stove with a squeeze of lemon juice.
  • For more of Israa's desserts, here is the link: Vanilla Cupcakes
  • For Israa's eclairs, here is the link: Eclairs with pastry cream

Method

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  1. In a cupcake tray, grease a little ghee in each cavity for the mini cakes, and place a small amount of athmaliya dough after stretching it slightly
  2. Put a spoonful of melted ghee on each cup and press it lightly with your hand
  3. Bake the tray from below then from above
  4. Syrup the mini athmaliya with cold sugar syrup while they are hot
  5. Remove two pieces from the cups and put cold qishta (clotted cream) between them, and continue like this until the batch is finished
  6. Garnish with pistachios
  7. Dissolve two cups of sugar in one cup of water and put them on the heat with a squeeze of lemon
  8. Let them boil for 5 minutes, then add a splash of orange blossom water and stir
    Timers: 5 min
  9. Let the syrup cool
  10. To make eclairs from Israa, here is the link: Eclairs with pastry cream

Recipe tags

DessertsInternationalMediumLong cook

Notes and serving ideas

  • How to make Qishta (clotted cream)
  • Vanilla Cupcakes
  • Eclairs with pastry cream

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