Cheese Kunafa (Arabian Dessert)

Cheese Kunafa (Arabian Dessert)

Cheese Kunafa

By Zurana Masud April 3, 2016

Author: Zurana

Recipe type: Dessert

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Serves: 6

Prep Time : 15 minutes. Cook Time : 50 minutes

For Shemai Dough:
Lachcha Semai/Thin sheets of unleavened flour dough/Kunafa Dough - 1 packet 200 gm
Butter - 1/4 tablespoon melted
Milk - 1/4 cup
Orange Food Color - 1 teaspoon
For Sugar Syrup:
Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
Water - 1 cup
lemon juice/white vinegar - 1 teaspoon
Rose Water - 1 teaspoon
For Filling:
cream Cheese - 200 gm
Fresh Cream - 1/2 cup
Channa/Ricotta Cheese - 1/2 cup blended
sugar - 1/4 cup
For Garnishing:
Pistachio - 1/2 cup finely chopped

Dough Preparation:

Preheat your oven to 180 degree C.
Grease a 7" inch baking pan with one teaspoon butter and food color. Keep aside.
Break into small pieces of lachcha semai. Mix melted butter and milk with semai well until it is all absorbed.
Keep aside.

Filling Preparation:

Making Sugar Syrup:

Making and Baking Kunafa:

Take two third the dough that you mixed the butter with and place it in pan. Press down and along the sides of the pan. Using both hands, pat down the dough well until you can't see the bottom of the pan.
Now pour prepared filling evenly all over the kunafa dough.
Then, cover with the remaining one third of the dough. Press well with the palms of your hand or use a spatula.
Bake in a preheated oven for 50 minutes.
Let the kunafa cool down at room temperature.

Pour the Sugar Syrup:

Pour the sugar syrup over top of the cooled kunafa.
Loosen the edges of the kunafa using a knife before overturn it to a suitable dish.
Before serving decorate with chopped/ground pistachio.
Slice and serve at room temperature.

Cheese Kunafa

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