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Shaabiyat Recipe
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Shaabiyat, or custard phyllo triangles, is an easy fast dessert and looks very impressive to serve to friends and family. It’s fun b/c you don’t have to bother cutting anything, each one is its own individual serving. It looks elegant and tastes great. Total Time: 20 minutes Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Yield: 6 Level: Easy 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 Also need 1 package phyllo dough 2 cups melted butter (sweet cream butter if available) 1/2 cup ground pistachio 2 cups DedeMed's Atyr (simple syrup recipe) Directions 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 DedeMed’s simple syrup.

Shaabiyat Recipe

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Yield: 6
Level: Easy

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

Also need

Directions

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 DedeMed's simple syrup.
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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

Also need

Directions

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 DedeMed's simple syrup.


Shaabiyat, or custard phyllo triangles, is an easy fast dessert and looks very impressive to serve to friends and family. It’s fun b/c you don’t have to bother cutting anything, each one is its own individual serving. It looks elegant and tastes great.
yes as long as it is a thickening agent then yes you can use it :)
By: dedemed
Hi Dede ,,,can i use wheat starch instead of corn starch...thank you
By: Louiza Perchimyan
well the recipe I use is made with white bread, milk, cream and corn starch but just a little, it is really great and deserves a try, just look up ashta on my site at DedeMed.com
By: dedemed
dyu have a recipe for ashta like the sweet store kind not the corn starch type?
By: vjy712
yes you can use half and half. But you cannot replace corn starch with vegetable shortening, they are 2 totally different things. Corn starch is used as a thickener while shortening is a fat
By: dedemed
yes you can, you can use any custard that you like
By: dedemed
Hi dede thanks for the videos posts. I'm planning to make shaabiyat recipe. I was wondering can I use half& half instead of heavy cream and also I have vegetable shortening instead of corn starch. Would that work. Thank you
By: cauillou1
Can I use custar powder to make the custard?
By: AMIRA789456
yes you must store it in the fridge for up to 1 week :)
By: dedemed
How do you store the leftover? In the fridge or outside? Thanks
By: arabiccl
Yes of course, this week actually. But please go to my site at DedeMed.com for a whole bunch of recipes :)
By: dedemed
Will you be making any new vids? I've tried a few of your recipes and I've never been disappointed! Looking forward to more!
By: leftyla
thanks 
By: faisalbinabdullah
already did check out my kibbeh recipe, go to DedeMed.com
By: dedemed
Not yet, I think I should as well...hopefully soon :)
By: dedemed
Did you ever get a show? I think you should.
By: Bryan S
thanks, I'll have some new ones up in December :)
By: dedemed
wonderful, I'm so glad I could help you reconnect :)
By: dedemed
I miss your videos!
By: SoSoniLove
I cant believe I found this - my grandma (we're lebanese) used to make these for me all the time but when she left us she took the recipe and the name of it with her - now its back - thanks so much!
By: melgadeh123
hope it does soon , those idiots dont know what they are missing
By: Ezldor
Dede!!! Marry me!! ^-^ Love your cooking :)
By: riyaznew
that's wonderful, I'm glad you liked it. Please check out my site for other recipes that I think you'll like :)
By: dedemed
it didn't get picked up yet by any network. No worries, i will continue to release videos on my site and on Youtube :)
By: dedemed
I've tried this recipe yesterday and it really tastes great! Just like those I always buy from a Turkish bakery that is approximately 80 km from my home . Now I do not have to drive so far, I can easily make them by myself. Many thanks for this wonderful recipe and for all of your other great recipes!
By: mixnix67
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