RITZ Ashta Sweet Cream Bites

Name: RITZ Ashta Sweet Cream Bites
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 320 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 slices white bread, crusts removed, cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 2 cups whole milk; 1 Tbsp. sugar; ¼ cup water; 1 Tbsp. cornstarch; 1 tsp. rose water; 20 RITZ Crackers; 2 Tbsp. pistachios, finely chopped; dried rose petals

Ashta is a sweet cream dessert from the Middle East, and this recipe will help you make these dessert bites flavored with pistachio and rose.

Low Cholesterol

Prep time:

0 min

Total time:

0 h 0 min

Servings:

Makes 4 servings, 5 topped crackers each.

Ingredient list

3 slices American-style (soft) white bread, crusts removed, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
2 cups whole milk
1 Tbsp. sugar
¼ cup water
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 tsp. rose water
20 RITZ Crackers
2 Tbsp. shelled pistachios, finely chopped
Small dried rose petals

Directions

Place bread cubes in large bowl. Add milk; stir to evenly soak bread cubes with milk. Refrigerate 3 to 4 hours.

Spoon bread mixture into large saucepan; stir in sugar. Cook on medium heat 3 to 4 min. or until heated through, stirring frequently. Meanwhile, mix water and cornstarch until blended.

Add dissolved cornstarch to ashta (bread mixture) in saucepan; cook and stir 2 to 3 min. or until thickened. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in rose water.

Pour ashta through fine-mesh strainer into medium bowl, pressing solids through strainer to remove any lumps. Refrigerate ashta 1 hour or until chilled.

Spoon 1/2 cup ashta evenly onto crackers just before serving; top with nuts and rose petals. Store remaining ashta in refrigerator up to 3 days before using as desired.