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.
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.
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- 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.
- 3
Combine the dough with the melted butter. Mix throughly until the dough is evenly coated with butter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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