Easy Cheese Kunafa

Name: Easy Cheese Kunafa
Ingredients: 1 loaf soft white sandwich bread; 1/2 stick unsalted butter (about 1/4 cup or 55 grams); For the cream filling:; 4 cups whole milk (about 950 ml); 2 cups coarse semolina (about 320 grams); 1 can table cream (such as Nestlé, about 7.6 oz or 215 grams); 1/2 cup shelled pistachios, chopped, for garnish (about 65 grams); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon orange blossom water; Shredded mozzarella cheese (as needed); About 4 cups simple syrup (about 950 ml)

Hiba Ghanoum @cook_6147928

Easy Cheese Kunafa

Hiba Ghanoum @cook_6147928

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Ingredients

1 loafsoft white sandwich bread
1/2 stickunsalted butter (about 1/4 cup or 55 grams)
For the cream filling:
4 cupswhole milk (about 950 ml)
2 cupscoarse semolina (about 320 grams)
1 cantable cream (such as Nestlé, about 7.6 oz or 215 grams)
1/2 cupshelled pistachios, chopped, for garnish (about 65 grams)
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
1 teaspoonorange blossom water
Shredded mozzarella cheese (as needed)
About 4 cups simple syrup (about 950 ml)

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Steps

1

Tear the bread into small pieces and rub well with the butter. Grease a baking pan with butter, then press the bread mixture firmly into the bottom of the pan.
2

In a saucepan, combine the milk, semolina, orange blossom water, and vanilla. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens. Add the table cream, stir well, then remove from heat.
3

Pour the cream mixture over the bread layer in the pan. Sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese on top, then bake in the oven until the bottom is golden brown.
4

Remove from the oven, invert onto a serving platter, and pour the simple syrup and chopped pistachios over the top. Enjoy!