🇪🇬 Egypt cuisine · #15

Kunafa

Kunafa
Time60 min
Serves10
Ingredients5

Shredded pastry browned in ghee and filled with cream or nuts, soaked in syrup — the star of Ramadan tables.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Pull the strands apart and rub well with ghee.
  2. Press half into a tray.
  3. Spread the cream or nuts, then cover with the remaining pastry.
  4. Bake at 180°C until golden top and bottom.
  5. Soak with cold syrup and sprinkle with pistachio.
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