Om Ali (Egyptian Bread Pudding)

Yo, my broer, I sommer used leftover puff pastry sheets from pie night for this! Pouring that hot sweetened milk over the toasted walnuts and raisins made the whole house smell heavenly. We ate it warm straight out the oven.

• Ngozi Chukwu2025-05-18

  Chantelle, using leftover puff pastry is the real secret sha! That aroma when the hot milk hits the toasted walnuts and raisins is no be small thing. We couldn't even wait for ours to cool down either, straight from the oven to the plate.

Grabbed puff pastry sheets from Sainsbury's yesterday to try this. My Egyptian neighbour used to make Om Ali with palmier biscuits, but breaking up baked pastry sheets works just as well. Added extra hazelnuts and reduced the white sugar slightly. Took me right back to Cairo nights!

First time making bread pudding with frozen puff pastry instead of loaf bread. Boiling the milk with sugar before pouring it over the baked pastry pieces made everything soak up nicely without turning into total mash. e sweet no be small thing o.

abeg how long do you leave yours under the broiler? my flaked coconut almost burnt before the heavy cream layer on top got properly browned. Still tasted lovely inside though, very rich.