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Denmark: Risalamande

Man, it’s been a hot minute since I’ve made any progress on my mission to cook a recipe from every country in the world. But this week we changed that. Our international working group hosted a potluck where everyone brought a dish from a country that means something to them:...

Egypt: Om Ali

Cooking Time: 45
Om Ali (“mother of Ali”) is a traditional Egyptian take on bread pudding, made from phyllo (filo, fillo), dough layered with nuts, raisins and butter… lots of butter!  Legend has it that Om Ali was the wife of an Egyptian sultan.  When he died, his second wife had a dispute...