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| Shaabiyat Recipe |
| Written by Dede Med |
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
- 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
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, 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
By: dedemed
Hi Dede ,,,can i use wheat starch instead of corn starch...thank you
By: Louiza Perchimyan
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
By: dedemed
dyu have a recipe for ashta like the sweet store kind not the corn starch type?
By: vjy712
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
By: dedemed
yes you can, you can use any custard that you like
By: dedemed
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
By: cauillou1
Can I use custar powder to make the custard?
By: AMIRA789456
By: AMIRA789456
yes you must store it in the fridge for up to 1 week :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
How do you store the leftover? In the fridge or outside? Thanks
By: arabiccl
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
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
By: leftyla
thanks
By: faisalbinabdullah
By: faisalbinabdullah
already did check out my kibbeh recipe, go to DedeMed.com
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
Not yet, I think I should as well...hopefully soon :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
Did you ever get a show? I think you should.
By: Bryan S
By: Bryan S
thanks, I'll have some new ones up in December :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
wonderful, I'm so glad I could help you reconnect :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
I miss your videos!
By: SoSoniLove
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
By: melgadeh123
hope it does soon , those idiots dont know what they are missing
By: Ezldor
By: Ezldor
Dede!!! Marry me!! ^-^ Love your cooking :)
By: riyaznew
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
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
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
By: mixnix67
"Dede Med, ...queen of the mashed chickpea
spread called hummus."
Tamara Audi
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
spread called hummus."
Tamara Audi
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
DEDE'S RECIPES
- Aish el Saraya (bread pudding)
- Atayif (katayef/kataief) and Ashta Recipe
- Atyr Recipe (Simple Syrup)
- Awamat (Mediterranean Doughnut)
- Baba Ganoush Recipe
- Baklava Recipe
- Bamia (Okra Stew)
- Batata Harra Recipe (spicy potatoes)
- Beef or Lamb Shish Kabobs Recipe
- Beef Shawarma Recipe
- Beet Salad Recipe
- Brown Rice Recipe
- Bulgar and tomato Pilaf Recipe
- Bulgar with Vermicceli noodles Recipe (PILAF)
- Cheese Rolls Recipe
- Chicken Esaclope Recipe
- Chicken Kefta Recipe
- Chicken Shawarma Recipe Sandwich Recipe
- Chocolate Walnut Baklava
- Cilantro Jalapeno Hummus Recipe
- Couscous Recipe
- Couscous with Raisins Recipe
- Date Cookies
- Date Shake Recipe
- Easy Dough Recipe
- Falafel Recipe
- Fatteh Recipe (breakfast Casserole)
- Fattoush Recipe
- Ful Mudammas Recipe (breakfast beans)
- Garlic Sauce Recipe
- Ghallaba Recipe
- Grape Leaves Recipe (Veggie)
- Green Been Stew Recipe (Lubya)
- Halawet el Jibn Recipe
- Harissa (hot sauce)
- Home Made Tahini Paste Recipe
- Hummus Appetizer's Recipe
- Hummus Recipe
- Hummus with Meat Recipe
- Kabsa Recipe
- Kefta Bil Sanieh Recipe (beef with tomatoes and potatoes)
- Kefta Kabob Recipe
- Kibbeh Nayi Recipe (raw, Lebanese Beef Tartar)
- Kibbeh Recipe
- Knafe Recipe (kanafeh)
- Kofta bi tahini (Kefta Meat, potato and tahini casserole)
- Kusa Mihshi Recipe (stuffed squash)
- Labneh Kefir Cheese Recipe
- Lahme bi Ajeen Recipe (flat meat pies)
- Lamb Chops Recipe
- Layali Libnan (Lebanese Semolina Layered Pudding)
- Lebanese Fish Tagine Recipe
- Lebanese Knafe Na'ama Recipe
- Lebanese Macaroons
- Lentil Soup Recipe
- Ma'amoul Recipe (Maamoul)
- Makloubeh Rice Recipe (Upside Down Rice)
- Malfouf Recipe (Malfoof)
- Mascarpone Cheese Stuffed in Medjool Dates Recipe
- Meat and Potato Mediterranean Style Recipe
- Meat and Rice Stuffed Grape Leaves Recipe
- Mediterranean Americana Kefta Burgers Recipe
- Mediterranean Braised Chicken
- Mediterranean Cheesecake Recipe
- Mediterranean Chicken and Potatoes
- Mediterranean Chicken Roulade (Rolled Chicken Log)
- Mediterranean Garden Salad with Tahini Dressing Recipe
- Mediterranean Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe
- Mediterranean Lemon Cilantro Shrimp Stir Fry Recipe
- Mediterranean Macaroni Yogurt Pasta
- Mediterranean Mashed Potatoes Recipe
- Mediterranean Meatloaf Recipe
- Mediterranean Potato Salad Recipe
- Mediterranean Pumpkin Soup Recipe
- Mediterranean Rice Pudding Recipe
- Mediterranean Roasted Chicken
- Mediterranean/Greek Yogurt Recipe
- Medjoul Date Balls Recipe
- Muhammara Recipe
- Mujaddara Hamra Recipe
- Mujaddara Recipe (lentil & rice pilaf)
- Mulukhiya Recipe (Mallow soup/stew)
- Musakka Recipe
- Namoura Recipe
- Osmallieh-Custard filled Shredded Phyllo
- Ouzi Recipe (spiced rice phyllo pocket w/meat)
- Phyllo Chicken Recipe (wraps) Rolls (Msakhan)
- Pickled Turnips Recipe (Kabees)
- Pita bread Recipe
- Potato Kibbeh
- Puffy Glaze Fig Tree Recipe
- Quinoa Salad Recipe
- Roast Leg of Lamb Recipe
- Roasted Red Pepper Hummus Recipe
- Samboosek Recipe
- Sayadieh Rice Dish Recipe
- Sfeeha Square flat Meat Pies Recipe
- Sfoof Sfouf Medterranean Eggless Cake
- Shaabiyat Recipe
- Shish Barak Recipe (Mediterranean Dumplings)
- Shish Tawook Recipe (skewered chicken)
- Spinach pies Recipe
- Stuffed Baked Squash and Eggplant Recipe "Ablama"
- Tabouli Recipe
- Tahini Sauce Recipe (tarator)
- Tomato & Cucumber Salad Recipe
- Tzatziki sauce Recipe (cucumber yogurt sauce)
- Volcano Feta Recipe
- Warm Mediterranean Salad Recipe
- White Bean Hummus Recipe
- Zaatar Manaeesh Recipe (thyme breakfast flat bread)

