Best Kunefe A Sweet Cheese Pastry Made With Kadaifi Recipes

KUNEFE RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• 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. Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/kunefe-a-sweet-cheese-pastry-made-with-kadaifi-74792?oc=linkback

KADAIFI ME KREMA (GREEK SHREDDED WHEAT PASTRY WITH CUSTARD)

Steps:

• For custard: combine milk and semolina in a heavy pan; blend in beaten eggs and add salt and sugar; place over medium heat and stir constantly until thickened and bubbling; remove from heat, stir in butter and vanilla extract and cover top of custard with plastic wrap (directly on surface of custard) to prevent a skin from forming.
• For pastry: place kadaifi in a large bowl and gently separate strands with fingers.
• Grease 13 x 9 inch glass oven dish with some of the.
• butter; put half the kadaifi in the base, pressing it down somewhat to make it compact; drizzle 1/4 cup butter evenly over it; pour custard filling over kadtaifi, spreading it evenly; top with remaining kadaifi; spread evenly and pat down gently; pour remaining melted butter evenly over top.
• Bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 45 minutes until golden-brown; remove from oven and cool completely.
• For syrup: dissolve sugar in water over medium heat, add lemon rind and cinnamon stick and bring to the boil; add lemon juice and boil over medium heat for 15 minutes, skimming when necessary; do not stir once syrup is boiling; strain hot syrup over cooled pastry; leave until cold and cut into diamond shapes to serve.