Kunefe (a Sweet Cheese Pastry Made With Kadaifi)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 package shredded phyllo dough, also called kadafi
• 8 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 1/2 tablespoons milk
• 1/4 lb fresh buffalo mozzarella, grated
• 12 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup ground pistachios
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon grated fresh nutmeg
• 3 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3 -5 drops rose water

Recipe

• 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.