Ataif / Atayif Bil Ishta -- Arab Pancakes Filled With Cream.

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups plain flour
• 6 g fast action dried yeast
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 1/2 cups semi skim milk
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 cups semi skim milk
• 7 1/2 tablespoons cornflour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons double cream, stiffly whipped
• 2 tablespoons rose water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 cup chopped pistachios

Recipe

• 1 to make the filling:.
• 2 mix corn flour gradually with milk and sugar then bring it to boil in a medium sized, heavy bottomed pan.
• 3 stir continually until the mixture thickens, add the remaining ingredients & remove from heat. spoon mixture into a bowl & refrigerate until cold.
• 4 to make the dough:.
• 5 mix all the ingredients and allow to sit for 30-40 minutes.
• 6 ladle approximately 2 tablespoons of the mixture at a time onto a lightly greased, hot frying pan / skillet & cook until full of bubbles - only cook one side.
• 7 after cooking all of the pancakes, let them cool a little.
• 8 to assemble, gently fold in half & pinch the bottom half edge together - so that you have an opening to place the cream but the rest is sealed.
• 9 using a piping bag, fill each pancake with the cooled cream (ishta), before dipping the open ends in the chopped pistachios.