Turkish cuisine · Desserts & Sweets

Künefe

Hot angel-hair pastry dessert with stretchy cheese and syrup.

Ingredients · for 4 servings

• 400 g kadayıf (angel hair pastry)
• 300 g unsalted künefe cheese
• 200 g butter
• Sugar syrup
• Pistachios

Instructions

1. Prepare the sugar syrup and let it cool completely; melt the butter.
2. Shred the kadayıf strands finely and mix thoroughly with the butter.
3. Press half of it firmly into a greased dish, scatter the pulled-apart cheese evenly (leaving a rim) and cover with the remaining kadayıf.
4. Bake on the stove over medium heat or in the oven on both sides until golden brown and crispy; turn carefully once.
5. Pour the COLD syrup immediately over the HOT künefe and let soak for 2 min.
6. Serve bubbling hot with chopped pistachios – the cheese must pull strings.