PLEASE help me figure this out- Sweet noodles dessert (k´naffe??)

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Permalink Reply by Mark Edward Marcarian on November 23, 2009 at 3:01pm

Dear Stephanie,

Hope this helps you out! Dede asked me to help:

Kunafe - Kenafe - Knafe Gimzawia

Ingredients

15 ozs ricotta cheese (OPTIONAL)
1/2 (16 ounce) package shredded phyllo dough
8 tablespoons sweet butter
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1/2-1 cup finely diced pistachios

SYRUP
2 cups sugar
2 cups water

Directions
Combine water, sugar, and kenafe coloring and boil till it becomes syup consistency, let cool.
Finley shred phyllo dough.
Melt butter in microwave and mix together with shredded phyllo dough.
Place in a 9x13 baking sheet and bake at 450° for about 5-10 minutes until dough gets a little crispy. Make sure to stir dough every 2 minutes so that it does not burn on edges.
Remove a little more than half of the dough from the baking sheet.
Spread remaining dough evenly and flatly on baking sheet.
Mix sugar and ricotta cheese together (Cheese optional), then place evenly on top layer of phyllo dough.
Evenly spread remaining phyllo dough over layer of cheese.
Bake on 425 for 30-40 minutes.
Remove from oven and pour cooled syrup while kenafe is still hot.
Decorate with chopped pistachios.

Your friend,
Mark Marcarian

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie on November 23, 2009 at 8:37pm

Thank you ,Mark, but that´s the recipe for traditional k´naffe. The one I mention in my post is made with Soft noodles, it´s not filled with cheese, either. Just soft nodles and simple syrup, topped with toasted pine nuts. What I need is the recipe for the noodles, and the procedure for steaming them.

Thanks and hope you can help!

Stephanie

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Permalink Reply by Patty on March 5, 2010 at 11:30am

Hi Stephanie. I think I'm looking for the exact recipe you are too. It's a noodly, but I think it's made just from cheese somehow..and served with syrup on it. It remains white and not filled with anything...I love this recipe. Wish I could find it too. It's almost like strips of cheese or very fine strips of dough!??? not sure..

Stephanie said:

Thank you ,Mark, but that´s the recipe for traditional k´naffe. The one I mention in my post is made with Soft noodles, it´s not filled with cheese, either. Just soft nodles and simple syrup, topped with toasted pine nuts. What I need is the recipe for the noodles, and the procedure for steaming them.

Thanks and hope you can help!

Stephanie

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Permalink Reply by DedeMed on March 6, 2010 at 7:27pm

I think you may be thinking of halawet el jibn, that is a wonderful string cheese dessert, it can be served alone in string pieces or rolled with a custard ashta filling. Check out the recipe on my site and let me know.

Dede

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie on March 9, 2010 at 10:19am

Nope, that´s not it either! What I´m talking about looks exactly like spaghetti, only much thinner & flatter. It´s served like spaghetti, but instead of a sauce, its covered in a simple syrup (water, sugar, cinnamon & nutmeg) and you sprinkle toasted pine nuts on top. There´s NO cheese, NO filling..............just handmade noodles, steamed over a double boiler tossed with a sweet syrup & nuts on top............. Any ideas?

DedeMed said:

I think you may be thinking of halawet el jibn, that is a wonderful string cheese dessert, it can be served alone in string pieces or rolled with a custard ashta filling. Check out the recipe on my site and let me know.

Dede

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