Authentic home cooking from Lebanon, with US measurements.

Originally published on Cookpad Lebanon as كنافة بالقشطلية

Knafeh with Cream Filling

Name: Knafeh with Cream Filling
Ingredients: 1/2 pound knafeh dough (shredded); 2 tablespoons melted butter; 2 tablespoons corn oil; 4 cups regular or low-fat milk; 1 cup additional milk; 5 tablespoons sugar or honey or Stevia sweetener; 6 tablespoons cornstarch; 1 tablespoon orange blossom water; 1 tablespoon rose water; Pinch ground mastic; Strawberries; Grated pistachios

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Knafeh with Cream Filling

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Ingredients

1/2 poundknafeh dough (shredded)
2 tablespoonsmelted butter
2 tablespoonscorn oil
4 cupsregular or low-fat milk
1 cupadditional milk
5 tablespoonssugar or honey or Stevia sweetener
6 tablespoonscornstarch
1 tablespoonorange blossom water
1 tablespoonrose water
Pinchground mastic
Strawberries
Grated pistachios

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Steps

1

Mix the oil with the butter in a small bowl.
2

Arrange long pieces of the knafeh dough in a rectangular baking dish greased with the oil and butter mixture. Brush the surface of the dough with the oil and butter mixture using a brush. Place it in the oven at 300°F until golden brown.
3

Repeat the previous step to make a second rectangle of dough. Set the dough rectangles aside to prepare the cream filling.
4

In a pot on the stove, combine 4 cups of milk with the sugar.
5

Dissolve the cornstarch in the remaining cup of cold milk.
6

When the milk in the pot boils, add the milk with dissolved cornstarch and stir well until the cream thickens. Add the orange blossom water, rose water, and mastic, and stir well, then remove from heat.
7

Cover the cream with plastic wrap and let it cool.
8

Place the cooled cream in a piping bag and spread a layer of cream over the first rectangle of dough, then add a layer of strawberries followed by another layer of cream.
9

Carefully place the second layer of dough over the cream to avoid breaking it.
10

Decorate the top layer of the knafeh with cream, strawberries, and grated pistachios.

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Published in the US on April 10, 2025 13:04

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