It was a long week, followed by a short weekend. I woke up in time for lunch and I had a series of places to be in before bedtime (funeral, charity market, ceramic cafe, laundry) and all were 30 minutes drive away from each other.
If I don't make something now, most probably I won't make anything till the coming weekend (which I realised I will be out of country then). Being a challenge seeker, I wanted to make something that I have never made before & never though about making. So Kunafa was it.
We have a friend that specialised in Kunafa making, being Lebanese of course, and she doesn't ind making for us whenever we felt like it. Kunafa for those not familiar with it, is an Arabic dessert (Levant and Egypt to be specific), it has different variations and different fillings. I chose to make the easiest, made of bread and mozzarella cheese. Everyone was napping after heaving weekend lunch, perfect opportunity to experiment (so if I fail, no one would know).
The recipe required 8 slices of bread, we had only7 & since they were slightly bigger than the regular bread it wasn't an issue. So bread and butter crumbled in the bottom of the greased cake pan, topped by a layer of cheese, then I heated 1cup of milk together with 3 tablespoons of semolina until thicken and poured over the cheese layer (this is to protect the cheese from burning) and into the oven for 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, I made the very easy syrup. 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of water & 1 tablespoon of rosewater heated until the sugar is dissolved and then left to cool. The 25 minutes are now over, flip the Kunafa onto the serving dish & pour the syrup over it or serve on the side.
And there you have it, a successful Kunafa & a proof that I'm still doing what I promised to do :-)
Cheers
If I don't make something now, most probably I won't make anything till the coming weekend (which I realised I will be out of country then). Being a challenge seeker, I wanted to make something that I have never made before & never though about making. So Kunafa was it.
We have a friend that specialised in Kunafa making, being Lebanese of course, and she doesn't ind making for us whenever we felt like it. Kunafa for those not familiar with it, is an Arabic dessert (Levant and Egypt to be specific), it has different variations and different fillings. I chose to make the easiest, made of bread and mozzarella cheese. Everyone was napping after heaving weekend lunch, perfect opportunity to experiment (so if I fail, no one would know).
The recipe required 8 slices of bread, we had only7 & since they were slightly bigger than the regular bread it wasn't an issue. So bread and butter crumbled in the bottom of the greased cake pan, topped by a layer of cheese, then I heated 1cup of milk together with 3 tablespoons of semolina until thicken and poured over the cheese layer (this is to protect the cheese from burning) and into the oven for 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, I made the very easy syrup. 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of water & 1 tablespoon of rosewater heated until the sugar is dissolved and then left to cool. The 25 minutes are now over, flip the Kunafa onto the serving dish & pour the syrup over it or serve on the side.
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| you could decorate the individual slices |
Cheers
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