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Bread Kunafa | Knafeh Recipe

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: arabic, Middle Eastern
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups Bread crumbs
  • 120 gm Butter
  • ½ cup Fresh cream / Thick cream
  • 1 cup Mozzarella cheese
FOR THE SYRUP
  • 1 cup Granulated sugar
  • ½ cup Water
  • 1 tsp Rose water
  • 1 tsp Lemon juice
FOR GARNISH
  • 5 tbsp Pistachio roasted and crushed

Method
 

  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan and swirl it around to coat the pan.
  2. Mix the slightly cooled butter and bread crumbs thoroughly.
  3. Spread half of the mixture in the sauce pan and press down.
  4. Add dollops of the cream and spread as evenly as possible.
  5. Then layer the mozzarella cheese.
  6. Layer the remaining bread crumbs on top and press lightly.
  7. Place the saucepan on a heavy bottom pan on medium heat for the first 2-3 mins. Then bring the flame to low, cover and cook for 20-25 mins.
  8. In the meantime, prepare the sugar syrup by boiling all the ingredients for the syrup just until the sugar dissolves. You don’t have to achieve any string consistency.
  9. Slide (don’t Flip) the Kunafa onto a plate. Clean the pan with a tissue paper and rub some butter on the pan.
  10. Place the saucepan on top of the plate and flip the kunafa onto the sauce pan.
  11. Cook the other side for 10 mins. Slide the Kunafa onto the serving plate.
  12. Pour most of the syrup on top and garnish with pistachios.
  13. Serve hot/warm with additional syrup if needed. Enjoy!!

Notes

**To bake in oven**
Butter an oven-safe dish and layer the Kunafa as shown in the video. Bake in a 180F preheated oven for 20-25 mins. Invert onto a serving dish and garnish with sugar syrup and pistachios.
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