Dessert

Konafa with Cream

Name: Konafa with Cream
Total time: 1h
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Egypt
Ingredients: 500g konafa (kadaif); 200g ghee, melted; 500 ml milk; 4 tbsp cornflour; 4 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp rose water; 400g sugar; 250 ml water; 1 tbsp lemon; 1 tsp orange blossom water; Pistachios

Shredded pastry crisped in ghee around ashta cream, drenched with orange-blossom syrup and dusted with crushed pistachio.

1h 12 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 500g konafa (kadaif)
• 200g ghee, melted
• 500 ml milk
• 4 tbsp cornflour
• 4 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp rose water
• 400g sugar
• 250 ml water
• 1 tbsp lemon
• 1 tsp orange blossom water
• Pistachios

Method

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Toss konafa with ghee.

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1
Toss konafa with ghee.
2
Whisk milk, cornflour and sugar over heat to a thick cream; stir in rose water.
3
Press half the konafa in a tray; spread cream; cover with rest and press.
4
Bake 200°C for 30 min until deep gold.
5
Boil sugar syrup with lemon; add blossom water; pour cold syrup over hot konafa.
6
Scatter pistachios.