Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, ashta cream. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Ashta cream is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Ashta cream is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
The easiest and quickest way to make a shortcut, Arabic-style clotted cream, perfect for topping or filling into your favorite Middle Eastern desserts. Ashta is the whipped cream of the Middle East. It is literally the 'creme de le creme' of pastries in the region.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ashta cream using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Ashta cream:
- Get 2 cups milk
- Make ready 2 cups whipping cream
- Get 6 slices American-style white bread
- Prepare 5 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in ½ cup water
The ashta or 'clotted cream' needs to be of pouring consistency but thick enough to hold it's shape when baked. I turn off the heat a few seconds after it starts to thicken and have the semolina dough mix already prepared so the ashta doesn't set too quickly. Ashta, our Lebanese cream is the foundation for all pastries; yet it does not contain cream. Sure, there was a time when ashta was pure cream.
Instructions to make Ashta cream:
- Cut off the edges of the bread and discard them.
- Cut the soft white part in dices then place them 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 1 hr, or more if possible, in the refrigerator.
- Put the saucepan on medium heat and start stirring with a wooden spoon the bread and milk mixture. Once the milk starts heating, add the water-dissolved cornstarch. Continue stirring until the mixture thickens.
- Once done, pour in a bowl and leave it to cool. Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and place the cream in the refrigerator in order to thicken before using it.
Nowadays, it is made with milk (frequently powdered milk in Lebanon), fresh American-style toast and flavorings! The result: a clotted cream that tastes fresh and light, without any. To make the ashta cream, cut the bread into small dice and place in a medium bowl. Transfer the mixture to a medium saucepan and. To prepare the ashta cream: Cut off the edges of the bread.
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