Mastic Pudding with Tel Kadayif

(Tel Kadayıflı Sakızlı Muhallebi - Istanbul)

2 + 1/4 cups homogenized milk
1/3 cup heavy cream, 35%
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp mastic (roll glass on the mastic to make it powdery or use mortar)
1 tsp butter, unsalted

To prepare the Mustic Pudding; place all the ingredients except mustic powder and butter in a medium-size cooking pot. Stir constantly for about 10 minutes to make it thick. Then add the powdered mastic and butter, continue to cook for about one more minute while stirring. Take it off the stove. Pour into the blender. Blend for about 6-7 minutes over medium speed. Immediately pour into individual bowls.

Shredded Dough (Tel Kadayif):
4 handful Shredded Dough (~1/2 cup), crush the dough into small pieces in your palm
1/4 cup walnuts, crumbled
4 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp butter, unsalted, melted

Meanwhile, saute all the tel kadayif ingredients in a Teflon pan until the color turns to light golden colour while stirring. Turn the heat off. Divide equally over the puddings. Let it cool down. Keep it in the fridge before serving.

Makes 4 servings.

Bairam Menu:
- Asparagus Soup, Eggplant Tava, Sauteed Vegetables with Black Olives and Feta Cheese, Long Beans in Olive Oil, Börek, Mixed Green Salad with Urfa Cheese.