Bread Kunafa
Recipe by rabz of Dhaka, BD
Kunafa is an Arabian dessert which is made out of very thin kind of (Laccha/sev) but I would like u to try the bread version as many won't get the privilege to find kunafa pastry in their home countries.
Ingredients
vegetarian
6 servings
- 1 - 1 1/2 (depending on the size of your dish) loaf of white bread.(sides removed)
- 1 1/2 stick unsalted butter.
- Syrup:
- 2 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp orange blossom water
- Cream filling:
- 1/2 cup rice/corn flour
- 4 cup milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 2-3 tbsp crushed Pistachios
Directions
- For syrup: Combine sugar +water & lemon juice & make a thick syrup.
- Just before removing from heat add the Orange blossom water & allow it to cool.
- In another sauce pan heat milk & add rice flour & keep whisking with a hand whisker so no lumps form,
- Add heavy cream & sugar & lower the heat to simmer for 10 min.
- Set the Syrup & filling aside.
- In a food processor, process the the bread until it is crumbly then bring out in a bowl.
- Add 3/4 cup butter & mix with hands .
- In a transparent rectangular dish put half the bread mix & press down.
- Spread a layer of filling, then top it with a layer of bread mix and drizzle with left over butter.
- Bake in an oven at 350 F until nice & golden from top & bottom.
- Remove from oven & run a knife on the sides of the Kunafa. Place a tray under it & flip it up side down.
- Drizzle with half the syrup and cut into squares or triangles shapes
- Sprinkle with Pistachios.
- leave the rest of the syrup so that everyone can help them selves at the time of serving, enjoy.