Category Archives: ashta

Bread Pudding (Aysh al-Saraya)

This dish represents the November 2009  Walima Challenge representing Lebanon Translated into English, this dessert is called: Bread of the Sultan’s palace or seraglio. The sultan referred to is the Turkish one, from the Ottoman period and the seraglio is a reference to the harem’s quarters. I am told that this dish is Lebanese which [...]
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Caramelized pumpkin with clotted cream (Kabak tatlisi)

I found out about this event a few days ago. Sounded very interesting especially since Turkey was the first country mentioned and I am going to visit Istanbul for the first time in December! Prior to this dish, you would have mentioned pumpkin dessert to me, and frankly you would not have gotten a very enthusiastic [...]
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Milk pudding ( Layalee Lubnan )

This is the title of a famous song (with Chris de Burgh and Elissa Lebanese night ) but it is also the name of a famous dessert in Beirut.  My cousin had been urging me to try it…  ”you have got to go with me to El-Ajami and order their layalee lubnan, it is to [...]
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