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Lebanese Knafeh
Shredded filo soaked in syrup over melted cheese — Lebanon's most extravagant dessert.
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20 minPrep🔥
30 minCook🍽️
8Serves📊
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Ingredients
- 400g kataifi (shredded filo pastry)
- 150g butter, melted
- 500g mozzarella or akkawi cheese, grated
- For syrup: 300g sugar, 250ml water, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp orange blossom water
- Chopped pistachios
Instructions
- Make syrup: simmer ingredients 10 minutes; cool.
- Toss kataifi with melted butter; press half into a tray.
- Sprinkle cheese over.
- Cover with remaining kataifi; press down.
- Bake at 200C for 25-30 minutes until deeply golden.
- Flip onto a serving plate.
- Pour cool syrup over hot knafeh.
- Top with pistachios.
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Tara’s tips
- Cool syrup over hot knafeh — never both hot.
- Mozzarella works as a substitute for akkawi.
Serving suggestions
- Best warm with the cheese stretchy.
Storage & reheating
Best fresh.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.
Frequently asked questions
Where to find kataifi?
Middle Eastern shops; sometimes called "shredded phyllo".
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