Description
Sweet Kunafa-Baklava from the Middle East
Ingredients
Scale
- 250 g Kunafa dough
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 2/3 cup pistachio nuts
- 2/3 cups almonds
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup water
- 2 tbsp juice of fresh lemon
- ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
- A pinch of clover powder (optional)
Instructions
- Mix icing sugar and nuts in a bowl.
- Brush baking pan with butter.
- Scatter some kunafa dough on the pan. Brush with butter, then press them down with your hands or spatula onto the pan to achieve the firmness you prefer.
- Sprinkle with nuts and sugar mixture.
- Repeat steps 3 and 4 ending with kunafa dough brushed with butter.
- Cover pan with foil.
- Bake at 300°F for 40 minutes. Remove foil and bake again for 15 minutes.
- While baking, prepare the syrup by bringing water and sugar to boil. Simmer for 10-15 minutes adding the rest of the ingredients close to end. Let cool.
- Pour cooled syrup onto hot Kunafa-Baklava.
- Cut to desired sizes while kunafa is hot.