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From our kitchenKünefe – shredded pastry with cheese and syrup
Künefe from Hatay is the most spectacular Turkish dessert: kadayıf pastry strands are tossed with butter, filled with mild cheese, baked crisp in a pan and doused hot with syrup – the cheese pulls into strings.
Method
Boil the syrup for 10 minutes and cool to lukewarm.
Pull the kadayıf apart with your hands and mix thoroughly with the butter.
Press half the pastry firmly into a buttered 24 cm pan, spread the cheese over, cover with the rest and press down.
Cook over medium heat for 8 minutes until golden, flip with a plate and cook another 8 minutes.
Pour over the syrup while hot, sprinkle with pistachios and serve at once with kaymak.
Tip from the storeKadayıf and künefe cheese are in our chiller – the cheese must be unsalted or it will not match the syrup.