Knafeh

Dessert · Saudi Arabian classic.

Ingredients

• 400g Knafeh
• 6 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
• 1 pinch Yellow Food Colouring
• 1 cup Mozzarella
• 1/4 cup Cream Cheese
• 1 1/2 cup Milk
• 4 tablespoons Sugar
• 2 tablespoons Corn Flour
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 cup Water
• 1 tsp Rose water
• 1/2 teaspoon Lemon Juice

Method

1. Mix together — Take kanfhe in a bowl and roughly cut them. Pour melted butter, yellow food color and mix well with your hands.
2. Mix together — In a separate bowl mix milk, cream cheese, sugar, cornstarch well. 2
3. Bring to a boil — Turn on the flame and boil the liquid, when it gets thick turn off the flame let it cool down a little bit.
4. Mix together — Add mozzarella in it and mix it well. Now make a base with half of the kanfhe in a dish, gently press it to level the dough well.
5. Mix together — Pour the cheese mixture on the top and level it with a spoon. 3
6. Preheat the oven — Cover it with the other half of the kanfhe. Put the dish in a preheated oven at 200 degree for about 20-25 minutes.
7. Continue cooking — It's ready when kunafa is golden and crunchy in the surface. 4
8. Bring to a boil — Boil water in a pan and dissolve sugar in it for 4–5 minutes.
9. Stir — OR cook it until slightly thicken and keep on stirring.
10. Mix together — Add lemon juice with rose water, mix well. Evenly pour the syrup over the kunafa as soon as it comes out of the oven.
11. Serve — Your kunafa is ready to serve.

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