For a request. This recipe is by Ana Sortun. I often make my own syrup by boiling 1 cup honey (I believe Greek thyme honey is the best, and if you can get it, go for it!), 1/2 cup sugar and 2 cups water with 1 stick of cinnamon for 10 minutes.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 497.7, Fat 25.5, SaturatedFat 13.7, Cholesterol 64.7, Sodium 337.4, Carbohydrate 57.4, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 40.4, Protein 11.8
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