Name: Knafeh Recipe (Kunafa Recipe)
Prep time: 30 min
Ingredients: 12 oz 340g kadayif/Kataifi; ½ sticks (165g + 2 tbsp unsalted butter); 10 oz 285g ricotta cheese; 1 cup 240 ml water; 1/2 cup 100g sugar; 1/2 tsp rose water; 1 tsp lemon juice; 1/4 cup 33g pistachios (roasted)

Knafeh Recipe (Kunafa Recipe)

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Knafeh or Kanafeh is super delicious middle eastern dessert that made of kadayif, cheese and syrup. If you never tried it, now it’s the time!

A round, golden-brown dessert served on a white plate, topped with chopped pistachios. A triangular slice has been cut and is being lifted, revealing a layer of cheese or cream inside. The dessert is placed on a wooden surface.

Knafeh Recipe (Kunafa Recipe)

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Prep Time 30

WORK TIME 30

DIFFICULTY Easy

Cuisine Middle eastern

Servings yields

Ingredients

12 oz 340g kadayif/Kataifi
½ sticks 165g + 2 tbsp unsalted butter
10 oz 285g ricotta cheese
1 cup 240 ml water
½ cup 100g sugar
½ tsp rose water
1 tsp lemon juice
¼ cup 33g pistachios (roasted)

Instructions

DIRECTIONS
1. Make the syrup: in a medium sized saucepan, combine sugar, water, rose water and lemon juice. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Simmer until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is thickened, 5-6 minutes.
2. In a large bowl separate well the kadayif noodles, add melted butter and mix well until the butter riches all part of the kadayif.
3. Melt 1 tbsp of butter on 9-inch (23cm) pan. Spread half the of kadayif noodles onto the bottom of the pan. Carefully press with wooden spoon. very gently spread the cheese, leave 1cm space at the edges and cover with the rest of the kadayif. Press gently on the top and on the edges to make beautiful round shape. Fry about 5 minutes over medium heat until the bottom is golden. Put a plate on top, and flip over the knafeh, and 1 tbsp of butter and fry the other side 5 minutes more, until golden.
4. Turn the heat off and pour the syrup (you can use all the syrup or some of it). Transfer to a large plate and garnish with pistachios.

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7 Comments

nice recipe

October 16, 2018

I am Middleeastern, you can have cream or cheese as a filling. Mozarella cheese is all you need tastes better than Ricotta in my opinion.

February 26, 2021

MARICHRIS Gajigan says:

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Where can I buy the rose water and kadayif or kataifi please? Your response is my go signal for trying it…

March 19, 2023
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Hi I made this cake and was impressed with the speed from start to finish. Next time I will use 500g ricotta and the whole packet of pastry and add 1.5 lemons zest to the ricotta. I used 2tsps lemon juice and could not taste the lemon or the rosewater, so will up the amounts next time. I will also add some alcohol infused raisins or sultanas to ricotta as the cake needed more flavour for me and guests.

March 29, 2021