Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, sweet phyllo rolls stuffed with ashta cream - znoud el sitt. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Znoud El Sit in Arabic translates to "the upper arms of a woman." A silly name, I have heard they are named for the similarity in shape. After a long day of fasting, aside of the satisfying iftar, a sweet treat is almost always made to enjoy with a cup of. Great recipe for Sweet phyllo rolls stuffed with ashta cream - znoud el sitt.
Sweet phyllo rolls stuffed with ashta cream - znoud el sitt is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Sweet phyllo rolls stuffed with ashta cream - znoud el sitt is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook sweet phyllo rolls stuffed with ashta cream - znoud el sitt using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sweet phyllo rolls stuffed with ashta cream - znoud el sitt:
- Get 500 g phyllo dough sheets, equivalent to 24 sheets
- Get 6 cups vegetable oil, for frying
- Make ready - For the ashta cream: prepare ahead of time
- Get 2 cups milk
- Get 2 cups whipping cream
- Get 6 slices American-style white bread
- Get 5 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in ½ cup water
- Take - For the sugar syrup:
- Get 2 1/2 cups sugar
- Get 1 1/2 cups water
- Prepare 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Prepare 1 teaspoon orange blossom water
- Make ready 1 teaspoon rose water
- Make ready For garnishing:
- Get Candied orange blossom, optional
- Prepare 1/2 cup raw ground pistachios
The good thing is that they can go directly from freezer to fryer. Here is the cream filling (ashta) you prepared. Znoud El Sit are an cream filled crunchy phyllo dessert sweet and so irresistible. Buttery phyllo dough, wrapped around ashta creamy filling, and finished off with fragrant simple syrup.
Steps to make Sweet phyllo rolls stuffed with ashta cream - znoud el sitt:
- To prepare the sugar syrup: put the sugar and water in a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Leave to boil then add the lemon juice and keep on medium heat for 10 minutes until the syrup thickens. Add the orange blossom water and rose water. Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl.
- To prepare the ashta cream: Cut off the edges of the bread. Discard. Cut in dices the soft white part. Place the bread dices in a saucepan and pour the milk and whipping cream over them. Let the bread dices soak in the milk and cream mixture for at least 2 hr in the refrigerator. Put the saucepan on medium heat and, with a wooden spoon, start stirring the bread and milk mixture. Once the milk starts heating, add the water-dissolved cornstarch. Continue stirring until the mixture thickens. Once d
- To prepare the znoud el sitt, cut each phyllo sheet into rectangular strips of 12 cm length and 7 cm width each.
- Put a strip on the table horizontally and another strip over it vertically forming a cross.
- Put 1 tablespoon of ashta cream in the middle of the upper strip, fold over the 2 sides and roll the lower strip over the folded one.
- In a deep frying pan, heat the vegetable oil and fry the rolls in batches until they turn golden. Place them on a kitchen absorbent paper.
- Immerse each roll in the sugar syrup for a few minutes.
- Decorate with ashta cream, ground pistachio and candied orange blossom and serve at room temperature or cold.
- Note: You can find the recipe 'Ashta cream' under my profile
This traditional Middle Eastern dessert is often enjoyed on Iftar (a fast-breaking meal) during the holy month of Ramadan. The dish is made with thin sheets of phyllo dough that are wrapped into small elongated rolls while the center is filled with ashta—Levantine version of clotted cream. The rolls are then fried and doused in a thick sugar syrup that is often flavored with orange blossom. The cream is made in a similar way as you would prepare for atayef b ashta (cream filled pancakes). But seriously why bother because this dessert is not pretending.
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