Umm Ali

Dust some flour onto a working surface.

Open out the puff pastry onto the floured surface.

Cut the puff pastry into sections.

Place the cut out puff pastry onto a lightly floured baking tray & bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven.

Once baked, they should be golden.

Continue the same process until all the puff pastries are baked.

Set the baked puff pastries aside until ready to use.

Place the dried fruits into a bowl. I used a mixture of sultanas & cranberries.

Next, add the nuts to a bowl. I used a mixture of almonds, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts & pecan nuts.

Roughly chop or blend the mixed nuts.

Break the puff pastry into small pieces & lay it at the bottom of a large oven proof casserole.

Next, sprinkle the desiccated coconut over the pastry.

Add all the dried fruits over.

Thereafter, add the chopped or blended nuts over.

Be sure to keep a little of the nuts aside for the last part of the assembling.

Next, place a pot or saucepan on the stove-top on medium high heat. Pour in the milk.

Add in the cinnamon powder.

Add in the white sugar.

Pour in the pouring cream.

Mix well & allow the mixture to come to a boil.

Allow the mixture to boil for 5 minutes until thicker in consistency. If it tends to foam up, quickly remove from heat & then place back onto heat. Stir to avoid it from foaming.

After 5 minutes, remove the mixture from the heat.

Set the milk mixture next to the assembled casserole.

Using a ladle, pour the hot milk mixture into the casserole.

I used Nestle cream for this next step – if it isn’t available, you may use whipped cream.

Empty the contents of the Nestle cream into a bowl & stir until smooth.

Spread the Nestle cream over in the casserole.

Next, add the remaining chopped or blended nuts.

Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes & broil until the top is golden.

Serve this Umm Ali hot.