🇱🇧 Lebanon recipe
Knafeh
A spectacular Lebanese dessert of golden, buttery shredded kataifi pastry encasing a layer of stretchy, molten sweet cheese, soaked in fragrant orange blossom sugar syrup. Served hot from the pan, it is a dramatic dessert with a shattering crunch that gives way to gooey, sweet cheese within.
Prep30 mins + 4 hrs cheese soaking
Cook40 mins
Serves10
Difficultyhard
Ingredients
- 500g kataifi (shredded filo) pastry, thawed if frozen
- 250g unsalted butter, melted
- 500g akkawi cheese (or a mix of mozzarella and ricotta), soaked in water for 4 hours to remove salt, drained
- 2 tablespoons fine semolina
- 1 tablespoon rose water
- For the syrup: 400g granulated sugar
- 250ml water
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons orange blossom water
- Crushed pistachios for garnish
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 400
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 50 g
- Fat
- 18 g
