Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, kunafeh turkish dessert (middle eastern sweet pastry cheese). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Kunafeh Turkish dessert (middle Eastern sweet pastry cheese) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Kunafeh Turkish dessert (middle Eastern sweet pastry cheese) is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Kanafeh (Arabic: كُنافة ‎, [kʊˈnaːfa] (), Levantine:) (also numerous alternative spellings) is a traditional Middle Eastern dessert made with shredded filo pastry, or alternatively fine semolina dough, soaked in sweet, sugar-based syrup, and typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream or nuts, depending on the region. Kunafeh, also spelt varyingly as kanafeh and knafe, is a Middle Eastern sweet made from shredded filo pastry (called Kataifi/Qatayfi pastry) stuffed with delicious gooey cheese drenched in scented sugar syrup. Knafeh is a dessert popular all throughout the middle east, so we headed over to Levant Restaurant where head chef Haifa Zeitoun showed us how to make it.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kunafeh turkish dessert (middle eastern sweet pastry cheese) using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Kunafeh Turkish dessert (middle Eastern sweet pastry cheese):

1. Prepare granulated sugar
2. Make ready water 500ml
3. Get lemon juice 5ml
4. Make ready kg phyllo dough Shredded (special kunafeh dough)
5. Make ready kg mozrella cheese
6. Get and half cup butter melted
7. Get double thick cream
8. Make ready Mix nuts for sprinkle

Kanafah , also spelled kunafeh or kunafah is a Middle Eastern cheese pastry soaked in sweet, sugar-based syrup, typical of the regions belonging to the former Ottoman Empire. It is a specialty of the Levant and adjoining areas of Lebanon and Turkey. Learn how to make authentic middle eastern food like hummus, pita bread, and baba ghanoush in your home. Kunefe is a pretty niche dessert, even though it's been gaining popularity on Instagram, particularly with Turkish and Middle Eastern accounts.

Steps to make Kunafeh Turkish dessert (middle Eastern sweet pastry cheese):

1. For the simple sugar syrup Step 1 - Mix the sugar, water, and lemon juice together in a pot. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool completely.
2. Step 2 Pre heat the oven
3. Step 3 - Make sure to thaw the shredded phyllo dough before using. Transfer it to a large bowl, then using your hands, begin pulling the strands apart, breaking them into smaller and smaller pieces until the dough is completely shredded.
4. Pour the melted butter(if using) over the shredded phyllo and mix in with your hands until butter evenly distributed. It is best to use a pair of latex gloves so your hands stays clean 😊
5. Spread half the dough in a large pyrex dish. Press firmly into the pan.
6. Spread the cheese and cream over top of the dough, leaving at least an inch of space around the edges Cover the cheese and cream with the remaining dough, making sure to cover the edges first to seal the cheese and cream and prevent it from leaking during baking. Press in firmly.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Once baked, remove from the oven and carefully flip over onto a serving tray or plate. Gently lift the baking pan away from the knafeh
8. Spoon the cooled simple syrup over the knafeh, then gently pour the remaining syrup over top. Adjust the amount of simple syrup you use to suit your tastes. Decorate with crushed pistachios and serve warm. Knafeh is best the day it’s made, but leftovers will keep well in the fridge for up to 3 days, just warm them up for 10 - 20 seconds in the microwave before serving.

Kunafeh Middle Eastern Kunafeh topped with pistachios. Sweet, rich, crunchy and creamy, Kunafeh or Knafeh can be found in regions that used to be occupied by the Ottoman Empire. This sweet pastry is the Middle Eastern version of the cheese cake. Kunafeh is made of semolina dough and thin noodle-like phyllo pastry. A cheese-based pastry, made with crispy kataifi dough, salty akawie cheese, and gooey ricotta; all soaked in a rosewater syrup for a sweet and floral finish.

So that is going to wrap this up for this exceptional food kunafeh turkish dessert (middle eastern sweet pastry cheese) recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am confident that you can make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page on your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!