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A chai parfait with Parle-G biscuits, a nostalic creation for Indians.
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A Golden Snitch dessert filled with Nutella mousse and salted caramel, with meringue wings. All pictues are courtesy of Ayesha Nemat Khan
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The Golden Snitch has a "resurruction stone" made using sugar, set within.
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Sorting hat chocolate tarts that feature a different coloured jam filling that signify which house one is sorted into
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A recreation of the cake Hagrid got Harry Potter on his eleventh birthday. Courtesy of Ayesha Nemat Khan
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Khan's sugar globe dessert, a pistachio mousse and vanilla cake with a strawberry jam centre, velvet sprayed and topped with strawberries, meringue kisses, and pistachios
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Khan's creations, like this Roohafza and pistachio mousse dessert, are inspired by nostalgia.
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A labneh honey tart, inspired by Khan's childhood in Saudi Arabia
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A chai parfait with Parle-G biscuits, a nostalic creation for Indians.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/S554PRVEUZ3IK2YHUMQUZ5IVRM.jpg?smart=true&auth=60bda1d267ed2ad6a94f9fa42c6ffa4c526a4d485c509f43b84aa793c798aebf&width=400&height=225)
A Golden Snitch dessert filled with Nutella mousse and salted caramel, with meringue wings. All pictues are courtesy of Ayesha Nemat Khan
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The Golden Snitch has a "resurruction stone" made using sugar, set within.
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/6J3F6S7UNZQOEOCJK236PYSXC4.jpg?smart=true&auth=f334af08fdcbd4943a140ee85730a6957c228942302f2945a899d82612a00613&width=400&height=225)
Sorting hat chocolate tarts that feature a different coloured jam filling that signify which house one is sorted into
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A recreation of the cake Hagrid got Harry Potter on his eleventh birthday. Courtesy of Ayesha Nemat Khan
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Khan's sugar globe dessert, a pistachio mousse and vanilla cake with a strawberry jam centre, velvet sprayed and topped with strawberries, meringue kisses, and pistachios
![](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/YORENMP6DJ5EOGLUPRXSWFXY3Y.jpg?smart=true&auth=b51b63333b0ab4bfb956845c8d4283ee26084891e6122ee6c549631e569207bf&width=400&height=225)
Khan's creations, like this Roohafza and pistachio mousse dessert, are inspired by nostalgia.
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A labneh honey tart, inspired by Khan's childhood in Saudi Arabia
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A chai parfait with Parle-G biscuits, a nostalic creation for Indians.
Dubai home chef makes magical Harry Potter-themed desserts: 'I’ve always had a lot of ideas'
Ayesha Nemat Khan created the treats as a personal challenge for the boy wizard's birthday which falls on July 31
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Janice Rodrigues
30 July, 2020
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