Kunafa

Name: Kunafa
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Jordan
Ingredients: 400g kataifi shredded pastry; 150g butter, melted; 400g akkawi or mozzarella cheese, sliced; 300ml sugar syrup with rose water and orange blossom; 100g crushed pistachios

Jordan

Debated between Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon. The Nablus version with white cheese is considered the benchmark.

Shredded pastry and cheese dessert — a bed of kataifi pastry filled with stretchy cheese, soaked in rose water syrup and topped with crushed pistachios. Nablus claims the original.

Prep

20 mins

Cook

30 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

505 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

400gkataifi shredded pastry

150gbutter, melted

400gakkawi or mozzarella cheese, sliced

300mlsugar syrup with rose water and orange blossom

100gcrushed pistachios

Method

Toss kataifi with melted butter. Press half into a buttered baking dish.

Layer cheese over. Top with remaining kataifi. Press firmly.

Bake at 190°C for 30 minutes until golden.

Flip onto a serving plate. Pour hot syrup over immediately. Top with pistachios.

Chef's Tip

The syrup must be hot when poured over — it soaks in properly only while both are warm.

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