Name: Bread Pudding (Um Ali)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Palestine
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; Assorted toasted unsalted nuts, such as pistachios and almonds, and golden raisins; ¼ cup (55 grams) sugar, to taste; 1 large round Khubz Saj, or use store-bought lavash or markook, cut into thin strips; 2 cups (240 milliliters) whole milk

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Gaza Kitchen

By Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt

Published 2021

About

This Palestinian spin on the quintessentially Egyptian bread pudding Um Ali, or “Ali’s mother,” uses strips of whole-wheat griddle bread rather than puff pastry, as they do in Egypt. Several grandmas attest that it is more commonly served for breakfast during the winter than as a dessert, though it works nicely for either purpose.