Knafeh

Name: How to cook Knafeh - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Us

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Chef :

alfredsanpedro

Knafeh

Knafeh is a popular Middle Eastern dessert made with spun pastry called kataifi, layered with cheese, topped with pistachio or other nuts and soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup.

Ingredient

250 grams

pistachio, pan roast then roughly chopped

1 cup

orange blossom or rose water (optional)

2 tbsp

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

* Step 2

Cut the kataifi dough into shorter strands either by blitzing it in a food processor for several times or hand chopped it into half inch pieces.

* Step 3

Combine the dough with the melted butter. Mix throughly until the dough is evenly coated with butter.

* Step 4

Grease a 9-in pan, then transfer half of the dough into the pan. Distribute evenly and pack onto the base using a spoon or flat bottom of a glass. This will serve as your crust.

* Step 5

Layer on top with the mozzarella cheese. Leave at least half inch space around the outside so that the cheese will not leak out during baking.

* Step 6

Add the remaining half of the dough starting from the half inch space in the edges then the top. Gently press the side to seal the edges.

* Step 7

Bake for 45-60 minutes until golden brown. You may want to check after 30 minutes of the baking time just to estimate the total time needed to bake it.

* Step 8

While baking, prepare the sugar syrup. Bring to a gentle boil the sugar and water. Let it simmer for 2-3 minutes then set aside. Once cooled, add the orange blossom or rose water and the lemon juice.

* Step 9

Once the knafeh is done, take out of the oven then immediate pour sugar syrup in a circular motion starting from the outside towards the centre. Set aside for 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm with any left over syrup on the side.

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