Shaabiyat & Ashta

Crispy phyllo pastries filled with sweet cream (ashta)

January 22, 2026

Medium

Categories: Rita's Recipes Desserts

Prep Time 20 min

Cook Time 20 min

Total Time 40 min

Servings

10

Instructions

1. 1

   Make attar (see recipe)

2. 2

   Take 3 cups of whipping cream (35%) and one cup of milk or 10% cream, and mix with a ½ cup of sugar, drops of vanilla, a few drops of orange blossom water, and ½ cup of corn starch on cold

3. 3

   Turn the heat on medium and keep mixing until it thickens then transfer to glass tray, and into the fridge to cool

4. 4

   Take 10-14 sheets of phyllo dough, butter every second sheet, cut into squares, fold into triangles and put into the oven at 375°F

5. 5

   Wait until triangles are golden brown, remove from oven while hot

6. 6

   Fill the pastry with ashta

7. 7

   Cover with cold attar and pistachio sprinkle after (attar makes it sticky so pistachio stays on)

Delicious crispy phyllo pastries filled with sweet cream.

Source: Rita’s Recipe Book

# Shaabiyat & Ashta {#shaabiyat-&-ashta}

- make attar (see recipe)  
- take 3 cups of whipping cream (35%) and one cup of milk or 10% cream, and mix with a ½ cup of sugar, drops of vanilla, a few drops of orange blossom water, and ½ cup of corn starch on cold  
- turn the heat on medium and keep mixing until it thickens then transfer to glass tray, and into the fridge to cool  
- take 10-14 sheets of phyllo dough, butter every second sheet, cut into squares, fold into triangles and put into the oven at 375 degrees  
- wait until triangles are golden brown, remove from oven while hot  
- fill the pastry  
- cover with cold attar and pistachio sprinkle after (attar makes it sticky so pistachio stays on)