Cream and Pistachio Warbat

Cream and Pistachio Warbat

A dessert of pastry sheets filled with ashta and garnished with pistachios.

Layered pastry filled with cream and topped with pistachios.

Like a syrupy cream-filled pastry square.

Keep the pastry layers thin and crisp before adding the filling.

Ingredients

  • 1 package pastry sheets
  • 500 g ashta
  • 400 g crushed pistachios
  • 200 g finely ground pistachios, for garnish
  • 200 g animal ghee
  • 3 tablespoons orange blossom water
  • 2 cups simple syrup

Instructions

  1. Spread a pastry sheet on a dry work surface.
  2. Brush or spoon animal ghee over the pastry surface on the work surface.
  3. Place the ashta on the pastry, then add the crushed pistachios over it.
  4. Roll or fold the pastry into warbat, layered pastry parcels.
  5. Arrange the pieces in a baking tray suitable for the oven.
  6. Bake the warbat in the oven until golden.
  7. Remove the warbat from the oven, then pour the simple syrup over it on the serving plate.
  8. Sprinkle the finely ground pistachios for garnish over the warbat after serving.

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