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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Kunafa

Kunafa~

Kunafa, also spelled kunafeh or kanafeh, is a Levantine cheese pastry soaked in sweet sugar-based syrup, typical of the regions belonging to the former Ottoman Empire. It is a dessert specialty of the Levant, especially in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and northern Egypt. It is a first cousin of the Greek kadaifi and the Turkish tel kadayıf, künefe and ekmek kadayıfı.


Ingredients of kunafa:
  • 1 packet of laccha shemai or vermicelli,
  • ¼ cup of butter (melted),
  • ¼ cup of liquid milk,
  • 1½ cup of ricotta cheese,
  • 3 tablespoons of condensed milk,
  • 1 tablespoon of cream,
  • 1 cup of sugar,
  • ¾ cup of water,
  • 1 tablespoon of orange juice,
  • 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, cherries or chopped pistachio nuts for garnish,
  • 1 drop of food color (orange or whatever).




Instructions of kunafa:
  1. At first boil the water with the sugar on a saucepan and stir it gradually until it is sticky and then pour orange & lemon juice on it, make the syrup and keep aside.
  2. On the other hand, mix the butter & milk on the vermicelli step by step. Then take the vermicelli and prop root it by the hands.
  3. Then make the smooth yeast from the ricotta cheese by the hand then mix with condensed milk & melted cream on it very well.
  4. Now mix some butter with the food color and brush around on a round baking pan and pour the laccha shemai or vermicelli and make the first layer which will be 1 inch thick.
  5. Then pour the ricotta cheese mixture on it and press it by the hand slowly to make a flat level and pour the vermicelli again and press it very well by the hand to make another level.
  6. Now bake it on a preheated oven for 30 minutes over 160d C, take it out and flip it, then place it on a serving dish and pour the sugar syrup on the vermicelli and garnish it with the cherry or chopped pistachio nuts.
  7. Lastly, cut the kunafa into pieces before serving and enjoy on your post-Eid party



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