Kataifi Cheese
The pastry is heated in butter margarine palm oil or traditionally semneh and then spread with soft white cheese such as nabulsi cheese and topped with more pastry.
Kataifi cheese. Continue until all pastry and cheese mixture is used. 1 4 teaspoon ground cloves. The cheese filling is traditionally made from nabulsi cheese that is desalted. The dessert is very popular in the middle east turkey greece and the balkans.
One 16 oz package kataifi shredded phyllo dough 1 cup raw unsalted pistachios. What you will need. Remove the kataifi dough from the plastic sleeve. Place 1 2 spinach leaves near the end of the length of kataifi pastry and one tbs of cheese mixture.
Cover pastry with a damp tea towel to keep from drying out. Knafeh or kanafeh is a dessert made with shredded vermicelli like pastry noodles kataifi moistened with clarified butter covered with crumbles of cheese and seared on both sides until golden. 1 2 cup heavy. 2 pkg shredded filo kataifi 1 lb fresh ricotta 1 2 lb sweet cheese or bocconcini balls 1 stick unsalted butter 1 stick salted butter 1 4 cup extra light olive oil.
3 pounds ricotta cheese. Before serving the knafeh is showered in spiced heavy syrup. In khishnah kanafeh the cheese is rolled in the pastry. Remove the pan from the stove and stir in the cheese.
Greek kataifi pastry and cheese rolls food52 pastry butter heavy cream eggs feta cheese gruyere cheese and 5 more kunafah chocolates and chai kataifi fresh lemon juice ricotta cheese rose water soft cheese and 3 more. Cream cheese 1 2 cup to make sugar syrup. Kataifi is finely shredded phyllo dough and can be found in the frozen section of most specialty grocery stores and is absolutely perfect for making little nests to fill with easter candies. The thawed kataifi is lightly tossed with butter sugar and cinnamon and formed into nests to bake.
Crack in 2 eggs 1 tsp of paprika and season to taste. If you have access to a middle eastern grocery you can probably find kanafa dye which turns the dough into the orange or reddish color that is the signature of kanafa. Add the bacon and mushroom mix and blend well with a wooden spoon. The ricotta mozzarella mix is a great substitute and lower fat products can be used.
Water 1 2 cup sugar 1 2 cup saffron pinch to make kunafa. The bechamel sauce for this recipe should not be very thick as it will thicken up when adding the cheese. Take one section of kataifi and pat gently between your palms.