There are so many ways to use konafa! You can make sweets and savory snacks out it. Konafa is a Middle Eastern cheese pastry soaked in sweet, sugar-based syrup, typical of the regions belonging to the former Ottoman Empire. It is a specialty of the Levant and adjoining areas of Egypt and Turkey.
1/2 kg konafa
3 tbsp of cream
1 cup of butter/ghee
4 tbsp of corn flour
3 tbsp of sugar
2 cups of milk
1.5 cups of sugar syrup
1 tsp of vanilla extract
vegetable oil
1. In a saucepan mix milk, sugar, vanilla and corn flour. Heat over medium heat while whisking. Take off heat & stir in double cream, mix then set aside.
2. Cut konfa into short strips. Put in a bowl and mix very well with melted butter/ghee using your hands.
3. Brush a baking dish with oil. Put half quantity of konafa in the bottom and press well to make a firm layer.
4. Spread cream mix over konafa layer then add the other half of konafa and press on it. Heat oven & place dish until surface becomes golden brown.
5. Pour cool sugar syrup over konafa right after it comes out of the oven.
6. Put a serving platter over baking dish and flip it. Sprinkle nuts or whatever you want on surface and serve.
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