Kunafa with Nuts

Name: Kunafa with Nuts
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: Serves 6 servings
Ingredients: 1.1 lbs kunafa pastry (about 500 grams); Mixed nuts, coarsely chopped + 2 tablespoons simple syrup; Clarified butter or ghee; 5 tablespoons powdered sugar; 2 cups + 1 1/2 cups water (about 830 ml total) and a squeeze of lemon juice

rawan kamal Eldin @rawankamal

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Kunafa with Nuts

rawan kamal Eldin @rawankamal

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Ingredients

1 hour

Serves 6 servings

1.1 lbskunafa pastry (about 500 grams)
Mixed nuts, coarsely chopped + 2 tablespoons simple syrup
Clarified butter or ghee
5 tablespoonspowdered sugar
For the syrup:
2 cups+ 1 1/2 cups water (about 830 ml total) and a squeeze of lemon juice

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Steps

1 hour

1

Make the syrup: Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan over heat. Once it comes to a boil, add the lemon juice.
2

Take the frozen kunafa pastry and pulse it in a food processor. Add melted butter and powdered sugar, then mix until the butter is fully incorporated into the kunafa.
3

Grease a baking pan with butter. Add half of the kunafa mixture and press it down firmly. Spread the nut filling (mixed with 2 tablespoons of syrup to help it stick) evenly over the base. Add the remaining kunafa on top and press down well.
4

Drizzle 2 tablespoons of melted butter over the top. Bake on the middle rack of the oven at 350°F (180°C) until the bottom is golden. Then turn on the broiler to brown the top until golden.
5

Remove from the oven and pour cold syrup over the hot kunafa.
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