Oum Ali Oriental Pudding Homemade

The oum Ali also known as “oriental pudding” is a creamy dessert made from puff pastry or croissants and soft and crunchy dried fruits. In Arabic oum means mother and Ali… Ali! So she is the Mother of Ali!

Prepare the puff pastry

Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.

Sprinkle the puff pastry (recipe) with 2 tablespoons of brown sugar and cook for about 15 minutes.

Set aside and let cool completely.

oum ali first steps

Prepare nuts

In a large bowl, roughly cut the puff pastry or croissants, add the dried fruit without the almond powder, taking care to reserve a few for decoration.

Put the milk, cream, sugar and seeds of the vanilla pod in a saucepan.

Oum Ali preparation

Bring to a boil over medium / high heat while stirring with a whisk.

A little before boiling, add the powdered almonds and mix well.

Baking Oum Ali and final steps

In a baking dish or in individual ramekins, put the mixture of puff pastry or croissants and dried fruit almost to the brim.

Pour the hot liquid over it very gently, giving the dough time to absorb the liquid.

Reserve 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.

Coat the top with heavy cream.

Sprinkle with the remaining two tablespoons of brown sugar.

Bake for about 25 minutes or until a golden color is obtained.