Kunafe Kenafe Knafe Gimzawia Recipes

KANAFA

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Use a food processor to finely chop the frozen, shredded phyllo dough. The strands should be about the size of a grain of rice. Pour the dough into a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together the ricotta, mozzarella, and 1/3 cup sugar.
• Place the butter in a large liquid measuring cup or bowl with a spout. Heat the butter in a microwave until completely melted, and let it sit for several minutes until a thick white foam has formed on top. Clarify the butter by using a spoon to skim off the foam.
• Carefully pour the butter into the bowl of phyllo dough. Avoid pouring in the white milk solids at the bottom of the clarified butter. Use your hands to mix the butter and dough together. Make sure that the butter is absorbed by taking handfuls of the dough and rubbing it between your palms.
• Evenly spread the buttered phyllo dough into a 9x13-inch pan and firmly press it into the bottom and edges. Spread the cheese mixture onto the dough, avoiding the edges of the pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cheese is slightly golden and the edges of dough are brown and bubbly, 30 to 35 minutes.
• While the kanafa is baking, prepare the syrup. Combine the water and 1/2 cup sugar in a small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and stir in the lemon juice. Simmer, stirring constantly, until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is thickened, 5 to 7 minutes. (Do not let the mixture turn golden and caramelize.) Remove from heat and add the rose water; set aside.
• Remove the kanafa from the oven. Place a large platter or baking sheet over the baking dish. Using oven mitts, carefully invert the baking dish onto the platter so the phyllo is on top. Pour the syrup over the kanafa. Cut into pieces and serve while hot.

KUNAFA RECIPE

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium-high heat add sugar, water, honey and your flavors, stir to combine.
• Bring to a boil then add the lemon juice. Turn heat down to low and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
• Turn heat off and let it cool completely and come to room temperature. Note4
• In a saucepan whisk together cold milk and cornstarch until dissolved.
• Place on your stovetop on medium, keep stirring the mixture until it bubbles and thickens.
• Take off heat, let it cool completely, or pour the mixture in a bowl and cover directly with plastic wrap. Note4
• In a microwave-safe bowl or in a small saucepan melt ghee and let it cool so you can handle.
• Take one half of the thawed knafeh and pulse in your food processor. Make sure not to turn it into powder.
• Place shredded knafeh in a bowl and proceed with the other half.
• Pour 3/4 of the melted ghee over the knafeh and massage with your hands to spread the ghee evenly.
• Preheat your oven to 350F.
• Brush a 10" round pan with some of the melted ghee. Note5
• Place half the knafeh on the pan pressing hard with another plate or a measuring cup to spread evenly along the bottom and the sides.
• Pour the pudding mixture topping it with the grated cheese if using.
• Spread the filling evenly leaving about half an inch from the sides.
• Top with the remaining half of the knafeh, spread evenly pressing lightly with your fingertips.
• Pour the remaining ghee evenly on top.
• Bake in the middle rack for 30 minutes until sides turn brown then move it up to brown the top for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Pour cooled syrup over while hot and let it rest for 10 minutes.
• If you want invert on a serving platter and garnish with crushed pistachios.Note6

KNAFEH - TURKISH KUNEFE

Steps:

• First of all start making your syrup. You need to use cold syrup and hot knafeh so your dessert can absorb the syrup.
• Add your 2 1/2 cup sugar, 3 cup water in a pot. Dissolve the sugar in water and boil your syrup mixture.
• Add 4-5 drops of fresh lemon juice when it's boiled and leave it to cool down.
• Put aside 50 gr. (1,8 oz.) of your butter, slice them in cubes and wait until it gets to room temperature.
• Add 1 tbsp. Grape molasses to your room temperature butter and stir very well until it combines.
• Pull to shreds your 250 gr. (1/2 lb.) kataifi and slice as 1 cm. (1/2 inches) width.
• Melt your leftover 100 gr. (3,5 oz.) butter pour it on your kataifi and stir very well until it combines.
• Take a thick glass circle baking dish resistant to fire and spread butter + grape molasses mixture everywhere.
• Pour half of your kataifi on your baking dish and compress it very well with a bottom of a glass.
• Spread your 250 gr. (1/2 lb.) grated mozzarella cheese.
• Pour the rest kataifi on your cheese and compress it again.
• Take your glass baking dish on a stove with a low heat.
• Cook bottom side for about 6-7 minutes, turn it over and cook also other side for 6-7 minutes.
• Turn of your stove, pour cold syrup on your hot dessert and your knafeh is ready.
• Serve it hot.

KUNAFE - KENAFE - KNAFE GIMZAWIA

Steps:

• Combine water, sugar, and kenafe coloring and boil till it becomes syup consistency, let cool.
• Finley shred phyllo dough.
• Melt butter in microwave and mix together with shredded phyllo dough.
• Place in a 9x13 baking sheet and bake at 450° for about 5-10 minutes until dough gets a little crispy. Make sure to stir dough every 2 minutes so that it does not burn on edges.
• Remove a little more than half of the dough from the baking sheet.
• Spread remaining dough evenly and flatly on baking sheet.
• Mix sugar and ricotta cheese together, then place evenly on top layer of phyllo dough.
• Evenly spread remaining phyllo dough over layer of cheese.
• Bake on 425 for 30-40 minutes.
• Remove from oven and pour cooled syrup while kenafe is still hot.
• Decorate with chopped pistachios.

KUNEFE (A SWEET CHEESE PASTRY MADE WITH KADAIFI)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF.
• Place kadafi in a food processor and chop up finely.
• Add butter and milk and line a 8 inch square heavy baking dish with half of this mixture.
• Mix the cheeses with the pistachios, sugar& nutmeg and spread onto shredded filo.
• Top with the remaining shredded pastry.
• Bake for 45 minutes.
• Make a sugar syrup by boiling water with sugar and lemon juice.
• Cook until reduced by a third and it becomes nice and thick.
• Stir in rose water to taste.
• When kunefe comes out of the oven, ladle 2/3 of the hot syrup over it and save the rest to pass while eating.
• Serve hot.