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Food/Recipe
Knafeh/ Kunafa
Prep20 mins
Cook30 mins
Total50 mins
🌍 Middle Eastern🍽️ Dessert👥 6 servings
Ingredients
- Filo Pastry 🍥 or Kataifi Dough
- Sweet Cheese 🧀 (like Akkawi or Nabulsi)
- Unsalted Butter 🧈 - melted
- Sugar 🍚
- Water 💧
- Lemon Juice 🍋
- Rose Water 🌹 (optional)
- Pistachios 🌰 - crushed for garnish
Instructions
- 🧀 Prepare the cheese filling and soak in water to remove excess salt.
- 🔥 Mix the pastry with melted butter and layer in a baking dish.
- 🧀 Add the cheese filling on top of the pastry.
- 🔥 Bake until golden brown and crispy.
- 🍯 Prepare sugar syrup with water, sugar, and lemon juice. Pour over hot knafeh. Garnish with pistachios 🌰.