Quince Ashtalieh Aline Kamakian

Ingredients For the Quince Ashtalieh

• 900 g pomegranate juice

• 170 g orange juice

• 1 pc of star anise

• 0.5 vanilla stick

• 600 g quince (15 quarters)

• 1 portion of ashtalie

• Mint leaves for decoration

For 1 portion of Ashtalieh

• 135.4 g of water

• 28.6 g of fresh cream

• 17 g of milk powder

• 13 g of cornflour

• 0.2 g of musk

• 5.6 g of white sugar

• 3.2 g orange blossom

water

• 3 g of rose water

Preparation Ashtalieh

1. Mix the water with the milk and sugar.

Set one cup of the mixture aside.

2. Add the musk and the fresh cream to the remaining

portion.

3. Place on medium heat and keep mixing until they are

well combined and thick.

4. Add the cornflour to the cup of milk. Set aside, then

add to the mixture.

5. Leave them on the heat for 1 minute after boiling then

turn off the heat.

6. Add the blossom water to the rosewater and mix well.

Keep refrigerated until ready to use.

Quince Ashtalieh

1. Cut the quince and infuse in the pomegranate and orange juice, anise star and vanilla. Bring to the boil and continue boiling until mixture thickens.

Set aside to cool.

2. Layer the ashtalieh and quince infusion with garnish in a cup as per the photo.

Aline began her working life as an insurance broker aged 18, to put herself through college, although she was always passionate about food. She went on to graduate from Université Saint-Joseph (USJ), Beirut, with a Master’s, gaining a double major in Finance and Marketing. In June 2003, Aline opened Mayrig, an avant-garde restaurant serving traditional Armenian food, with the aim of offering homely, healthy, tasty dishes that also introduce diners to the forgotten flavors of ancient Armenia. The following year, she ventured into catering, and then, in 2013, opening Batchig, a second Armenian restaurant, followed by new branches of Mayrig in Riyadh, KSA (2016), the Maldives (2017) and Yerevan, Armenia (2018). In 2020, during lockdown, Aline launched her cooking channel, titled “Cooking with Aline”, on YouTube, at www.youtube.com/alinekamakian

Aline’s motto "Nothing is impossible if you have the right way and the right will"