Cheese Kunafa

Ingredients

• Kunafa base (crumb):
• 2 cups fine semolina
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup milk (liquid)
• 1 tablespoon ghee
• 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
• Cheese filling:
• 2 cups milk (liquid)
• 1/2 cup fine semolina
• 1/2 kg sweetened, well-drained akkawi cheese (or other sweetened white cheese), thoroughly drained
• Cheese kunafa recipe from a friend on Shou Tabkhin Youm:
• اسراء سالم سماك
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• For more Arabic desserts try: How to Make Saffouf Dessert
• For more cheese-based desserts try: Cheese Halawa with Mozzarella
• To make a homemade kunafa cake try: How to Make Homemade Kunafa Cake

Method

1. Begin preparing the kunafa crust: mix the semolina with ghee and rub together slightly.
2. Add the sugar and milk and knead.
3. Place the kunafa crust in a pan and bake it for only 10 minutes until it dries.
4. Set it aside to cool, then put it in a blender with orange blossom water and grind.
5. Start preparing the cheese filling: heat the liquid milk with semolina, stirring constantly until it thickens.
6. Add the cheese and stir very quickly until the mixture becomes elastic.
7. When the cheese is completely melted, allow the filling to cool slightly.
8. Meanwhile, spread the prepared kunafa crust from the first stage into a pan, press it down, and brown the bottom over the gas stove while turning the pan constantly so it browns evenly on all sides.
9. Spread the cheese evenly over the crust.
10. Invert the pan onto a larger serving plate and soak it with warm syrup, then serve the cheese kunafa immediately.
11. Esraa Salem Smak
12. For more Arabic desserts, here is the link: How to prepare Hala Al-Sufuf
13. For more cheese desserts, try this link: Cheese Halawa with Mozzarella Cheese
14. To make kunafa cake, here is the link: How to make homemade kunafa cake