Konafah With Banana Recipes

KONA INN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Grease and flour 2 8x4x3-inch loaf pans.
• Stir together the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. In another larger bowl, mix together the shortening, sugar, mashed bananas, eggs and walnuts. Add the combined dry ingredients and stir only until the batter is thoroughly blended.
• Pour into the prepared pans and bake 50-60 minutes, or until a skewer or straw inserted in the center of the loaves comes out clean, or with only a few moist crumbs. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out on a rack and let cool completely.

KANAFA

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Use a food processor to finely chop the frozen, shredded phyllo dough. The strands should be about the size of a grain of rice. Pour the dough into a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together the ricotta, mozzarella, and 1/3 cup sugar.
• Place the butter in a large liquid measuring cup or bowl with a spout. Heat the butter in a microwave until completely melted, and let it sit for several minutes until a thick white foam has formed on top. Clarify the butter by using a spoon to skim off the foam.
• Carefully pour the butter into the bowl of phyllo dough. Avoid pouring in the white milk solids at the bottom of the clarified butter. Use your hands to mix the butter and dough together. Make sure that the butter is absorbed by taking handfuls of the dough and rubbing it between your palms.
• Evenly spread the buttered phyllo dough into a 9x13-inch pan and firmly press it into the bottom and edges. Spread the cheese mixture onto the dough, avoiding the edges of the pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cheese is slightly golden and the edges of dough are brown and bubbly, 30 to 35 minutes.
• While the kanafa is baking, prepare the syrup. Combine the water and 1/2 cup sugar in a small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and stir in the lemon juice. Simmer, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is thickened, 5 to 7 minutes. (Do not let the mixture turn golden and caramelize.) Remove from heat and add the rose water; set aside.
• Remove the kanafa from the oven. Place a large platter or baking sheet over the baking dish. Using oven mitts, carefully invert the baking dish onto the platter so the phyllo is on top. Pour the syrup over the kanafa. Cut into pieces and serve while hot.

KONAFAH

Steps:

• --------Preparationof Syrup-------------.
• Add sugar to water, stir on mild-heat stove until dissolve.
• Add lemon juice and boil for 30- 45 minutes using minimum heat until it gets viscous and thick.
• Allow it to cool to room temperature.
• Add vanilla.
• ------Preparationof the nuts----------.
• Convert the nuts to small particle in the size of sesame seeds.
• Mix with coconuts and cinnamon.
• --------Preparationof Konafoh ----------.
• Use 9 x I I inch tray; coat all sides of the tray with butter Mix konafah with molten butter.
• To do so, try to divide it to small pieces to be mixed with butter.
• After mixing, divide konafah into two equal quantities.
• Spread the first half of konafah in the tray and try to press it and make its surface even.
• Spread the nuts mixture over it.
• Then, add and spread the second half.
• Press it with f-ingers, makes its surface even.
• Add the remainder amount of butter on the surface evenly.
• Bake in preheated oven (325 f) for about 20 minutes until the lower surface of kanafah turned into golden color.
• Turn the oven to broil until the upper surface turned into golden color.
• Sooner, remove it from the oven.
• Add the cold syrup to it evenly.
• Cover it with aluminum foil.
• Allow it cool.
• · Divide it into a 12 equal pieces.

KONAFAH WITH BANANA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare the syrup by stirring the sugar, water and lemon juice over medium heat until thick.
• Mix the konafah with the butter, rub together.
• Grease an oven dish place half mixture of konafah evenly.
• Put the bananas next to each other, cover with the sugar.
• Add the rest of konafah.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven for about 20-30 minutes, or until slightly golden in color.
• Remove from the oven and immediately pour the syrup over the hot Konafa.
• For a change, I sometimes mix coarsely ground pistachio nuts with grated coconut & raisins instead of the bananas.