Ingredients:
Ashta(custard)
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 cups 2% or fat free milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 tbs sugar
- 1/2 cup corn starch mixed with 1/2 cup water
- 7 slices white bread with crust removed
- 1 tbs rose water
- 1 tbs orange blossom water
- 1 package phyllo dough
- 2 cups melted butter (sweet cream butter if available)
- 1/2 cup ground pistachio
- 2 cups sugar syrup
Preparation:
For custard pour whole milk, fat free milk, heavy cream, sugar and corn starch in a medium size pot and stir. Cut white bread into pieces and add to pot and stir. Mix until custard begins to thicken, add rose and organge water and stir until custard is very thick. Remove from heat and pour into a bowl. Set on counter top and let cool, stir every 15 minutes and after an hour cover with saran wrap and place in the refrigerator to cool completely.
Next, preheat oven to 450 degrees. Lay out the phyllo dough and paint each layer with melted butter. Cut layered phyllo dough into 3 inch strips. Place one large spoon of ashta at the end of each strip and fold over into triangles. Place triangles on a non stick pan and paint with butter. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let sit for 10 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with pistachios and serve with sugar syrup.