Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, znoud el sett. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Znoud El Sett is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Znoud El Sett is something which I have loved my whole life.
Fresh flavorful ingredients meet from all Lebanese regions creating a sumptuous fusion on every Znoud El Sett table and providing guests with a Lebanese cuisine at its finest. And definitely you will find yourself so drawn by the wonderful aroma!! "Znoud El Sit" can be made at home, though you do have some steps to pace, but the end result is [???] Znoud El Sit in Arabic translates to "the upper arms of a woman." A silly name, I have heard they are named for the similarity in shape. After a long day of fasting, aside of the satisfying iftar, a sweet treat is almost always made to enjoy with a cup of.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook znoud el sett using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Znoud El Sett:
- Make ready 500 g phyllo dough sheets, equivalent to 24 sheets
- Take 6 cups vegetable oil for frying
- Prepare For the ashta cream: Prepare ahead of time
- Get 2 cups milk
- Take 2 cups whipping cream
- Take 6 slices American-style white bread
- Get 5 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in 1/2 cup water
- Take For the sugar syrup:
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups sugar
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups water
- Get 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Make ready 1 teaspoon orange blossom water
- Get 1 teaspoon rose water
- Make ready For garnishing:
- Take candied orange blossom optional
- Take 1/2 cup pistachios, raw ground
It is then baked with sugar syrup. Znoud-el-Sit is a Lebanese dessert, made by rolling thick cream inside white bread, deep frying and then dipping these crispy rolls in a fragrant sugar syrup. Perfect dessert to have during Iftar. Ramadan is just around the corner and Muslims around the world is getting ready for this blessed month.
Steps to make Znoud El Sett:
- To prepare the sugar syrup: put the sugar and water in a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Leave to boil then add the lemon juice and keep on medium heat for 10 minutes until the syrup thickens. Add the orange blossom water and rose water. Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl.
- To prepare the ashta cream: Cut off the edges of the bread. Discard. Cut in dices the soft white part. Place the bread dices 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 2 hr in the refrigerator. Put the saucepan on medium heat and, with a wooden spoon, start stirring 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.
- To prepare the znoud el sitt, cut each phyllo sheet into rectangular strips of 12 cm length and 7 cm width each.
- Put a strip on the table horizontally and another strip over it vertically forming a cross.
- Put 1 tablespoon of ashta cream in the middle of the upper strip, fold over the 2 sides and roll the lower strip over the folded one.
- In a deep frying pan, heat the vegetable oil and fry the rolls in batches until they turn golden. Place them on a kitchen absorbent paper.
- Immerse each roll in the sugar syrup for a few minutes.
- Decorate with ashta cream, ground pistachio and candied orange blossom and serve at room temperature or cold.
Lebanese Ashta Recipe - Clotted Cream. Znoud el sett translates to 'upper arms of the lady' apparently referring to the similarities of the shape, look and texture to a particular Lebanese lady that they were originally named after. This traditional Middle Eastern dessert is often enjoyed on Iftar (a fast-breaking meal) during the holy month of Ramadan. Znoud el-sit could be translated to 'lady's upper arms'. They are rolls of phyllo dough, stuffed with milk cream then fried.
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