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Middle Eastern · Dessert

Umm Ali with Caramelized Apples

An Egyptian pudding made by toasting buttered phyllo into crisp flakes, layering them with almonds and caramelized apples, and baking under sweet cream. Serve warm with chilled cream.

  • Yield1 baked pudding, serves 6
  • Hands-on1 h
  • Total2 h
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Phyllo flakes

  • 45 gsliced almonds, skin on
  • 225 gphyllo dough, about 12 sheets, thawed
  • 225 gunsalted butter, melted, for brushing

Apples

  • 150 ggolden raisins
  • 57 gunsalted butter
  • 150 ggranulated sugar
  • 4apples, peeled, cored and diced into 6 mm pieces

Cream mixture

  • 360 mlwhole milk
  • 360 mlheavy cream
  • 100 ggranulated sugar

Topping

  • 1 tspground cinnamon
  • 2 tbspgranulated sugar

To serve

  • 120 mlheavy cream, chilled

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Pescatarian

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Tree nuts
  • Almond
  • Sulfites
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Pome fruits (any)
  • Apple
  • Grapes
  • Cinnamon
  • Lactose
  • Fructose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Richness / fat
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Creamy
  • Crunchy

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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