Kunefe (A Sweet Cheese Pastry Made With Kadaifi)

Kunefe (A Sweet Cheese Pastry Made With Kadaifi)


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.

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