Kunefe Recipe 465

KUNEFE

Steps:

• Start by shredding the fillo dough by hand into small pieces.
• Melt butter in the microwave for approximately 1 minute or until fully melted. Pour melted butter over your shredded fillo dough and mix it up by hand to fully incorporate the butter.
• In a 12" cast iron pan, spread half of your fillo dough, than evenly place all of the cheese, and cover it with the rest of the fillo dough.
• Place the dish in your Forno Bravo oven with the temperature at a mild 350°F for 30 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.
• For the syrup, add the sugar and water to a pan and bring it to a boil. (This can be done on a stove top or by placing the pan just inside the oven mouth, stirring frequently.) Once the sugar has fully dissolved, turn off the heat/remove for heat, and add the lemon juice and orange blossom water.
• Once the Kunefe has been removed from the oven, cut it into squares and serve hot with 2 tablespoons of syrup for each serving. Enjoy!

KNAFEH - TURKISH KUNEFE

Steps:

• First of all start making your syrup. You need to use cold syrup and hot knafeh so your dessert can absorb the syrup.
• Add your 2 1/2 cup sugar, 3 cup water in a pot. Dissolve the sugar in water and boil your syrup mixture.
• Add 4-5 drops of fresh lemon juice when it's boiled and leave it to cool down.
• Put aside 50 gr. (1,8 oz.) of your butter, slice them in cubes and wait until it gets to room temperature.
• Add 1 tbsp. Grape molasses to your room temperature butter and stir very well until it combines.
• Pull to shreds your 250 gr. (1/2 lb.) kataifi and slice as 1 cm. (1/2 inches) width.
• Melt your leftover 100 gr. (3,5 oz.) butter pour it on your kataifi and stir very well until it combines.
• Take a thick glass circle baking dish resistant to fire and spread butter + grape molasses mixture everywhere.
• Pour half of your kataifi on your baking dish and compress it very well with a bottom of a glass.
• Spread your 250 gr. (1/2 lb.) grated mozzarella cheese.
• Pour the rest kataifi on your cheese and compress it again.
• Take your glass baking dish on a stove with a low heat.
• Cook bottom side for about 6-7 minutes, turn it over and cook also other side for 6-7 minutes.
• Turn of your stove, pour cold syrup on your hot dessert and your knafeh is ready.
• Serve it hot.

KUNEFE (A SWEET CHEESE PASTRY MADE WITH KADAIFI)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF.
• Place kadafi in a food processor and chop up finely.
• Add butter and milk and line a 8 inch square heavy baking dish with half of this mixture.
• Mix the cheeses with the pistachios, sugar& nutmeg and spread onto shredded filo.
• Top with the remaining shredded pastry.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Make a sugar syrup by boiling water with sugar and lemon juice.
• Cook until reduced by a third and it becomes nice and thick.
• Stir in rose water to taste.
• When kunefe comes out of the oven, ladle 2/3 of the hot syrup over it and save the rest to pass while eating.
• Serve hot.

KUNEFE RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• 1 Preheat oven to 375ºF. 2 Place kadafi in a food processor and chop up finely. 3 Add butter and milk and line a 8 inch square heavy baking dish with half of this mixture. 4 Mix the cheeses with the pistachios, sugar& nutmeg and spread onto shredded filo. 5 Top with the remaining shredded pastry. 6 Bake for 45 minutes. 7 Make a sugar syrup by boiling water with sugar and lemon juice. 8 Cook until reduced by a third and it becomes nice and thick. 9 Stir in rose water to taste. 10 When kunefe comes out of the oven, ladle 2/3 of the hot syrup over it and save the rest to pass while eating. 11 Serve hot. Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/kunefe-a-sweet-cheese-pastry-made-with-kadaifi-74792?oc=linkback