- In a pan, pour sugar with dash of water.
- Cook on medium flame till u get the desired caramel color
- Remove from flame & add water. Note: Sugar will turn hard at this point. But not to worry.Put again the pan on the flame & cook till it has dissolved.
- Remove & add rose water. Keep aside
II: Preparing Ashta or Clotted cream
250 ml /1 cup Milk
3 tbsp cornflour
1/2 tin condense milk
1 tbsp sugar (optional- add it if you are more on sweeter side)
1 tsp natural rose water
1 tsp orange blossom water ( optional)
Method
- Mix together milk and cornflour.
- Add in condense milk & sugar. Mix properly so all the ingredients.
- Put on the medium flame and cook till thick but flowing consistency as shown in picture.
- Remove from flame & add natural rose water & orange blossom water.
- Cover with cling film & keep aside.
- Cut the edges of the bread and crumble the bread by hand or food processor
- Spread evenly on the dish as shown in the picture.
- Soak the crumbled bread with caramelized sugar syrup. Let it rest for about 10 minutes
- Pour over the prepared ashta.
- Cover with cling film and refrigerate for few hours.
- Before serving garnish with crushed pistachio & rose petals. Cut into slices & serve.
Huma Kalim
Serves 5
Bread pudding from Lebnon
Ingredients
- I : For Sugar syrup
- 6 tbsp sugar + 1 tbsp water to soak sugar
- 15 0ml water
- 1 tsp natural rose water
- II: For Ashta or Clotted cream
- 250 ml/ 1 cup Milk
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 1/2 tin condense milk
- 1 tbsp sugar (optional- add it if you are more on sweeter side)
- 1 tsp natural rose water
- 1 tsp orange blossom water ( optional)
- III For the bread layer
- 6 -7 Bread slices ( stale or fresh)
- IV: Assembly
- Pan with bread crumb
- Caramelized Sugar syrup
- 1.Ashta
- 2.Crushed pistachio
- 3.Fresh rose petals (opt)
Instructions
- Prepare sugar syrup: In a pan, pour sugar with dash of water.Cook on medium flame till u get the desired caramel color. Remove from flame & add water. Note: Sugar will turn hard at this point. But not to worry.Put again the pan on the flame & cook till it has dissolved. Remove & add rose water. Keep aside
- Prepare Ashta or Clotted cream : Mix together milk and cornflour. Add in condense milk & sugar. Mix properly so all the ingredients. Put on the medium flame and cook till thick but flowing consistency as shown in picture. Remove from flame & add natural rose water & orange blossom water. Cover with cling film & keep aside.
- Prepare the bread layer: Cut the edges of the bread and crumble the bread by hand or food processor. Spread evenly on the dish.
- Assembly: Soak the crumbled bread with caramelized sugar syrup. Let it rest for about 10 minutes. Pour over the prepared ashta. Cover with cling film and refrigerate for few hours. Before serving garnish with crushed pistachio & rose petals. Cut into slices & serve.