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Thread #80217   Message #1462017
Posted By: freda underhill
15-Apr-05 - 08:12 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mudcat's Just Desserts cookbook again!
Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat's Just Desserts cookbook again!
an Afghan dessert..

* 'FERNI' [Sweet custard with pistachio nuts]

To buy:
300ml milk
2 tablespoons chopped almonds
2 tablespoons chopped pistachio nuts
1/2 cup cornflour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cardamom seeds crushed

To make:
Mix sugar, crushed cardamom seeds and cornflour together. Blend 2-3 spoons of milk into the cornflour mixture.
Boil milk with chopped almonds , add the cornflour mixture to the boiling milk [stirring all the time to make custard]. Let it cool, sprinkle chopped pistachios on top.


ps remember stressed spelt backwards is desserts!