Knafeh - Middle Eastern Recipe

Knafeh

🌍 Middle Eastern, Palestine/Levant Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 500g kadaif (shredded wheat)
• 200g butter (melted)
• 500g akkawi or mozzarella cheese (soaked to desalt)
• 300ml sugar syrup (1:1 sugar/water + orange blossom water)
• pistachios

Method

1. Mixing — Mix kadaif with melted butter. Press half into greased pan.
2. Layering — Layer cheese. Top with remaining kadaif, press down.
3. Baking — Bake 200°C (400°F) 25 min until golden. Invert. Pour hot syrup. Garnish pistachios.

Tags: kadaif, butter, akkawi or mozzarella cheese, sugar syrup, pistachios · Source: Brittani's Almanac