Bread kunafa is an another easy version of traditional kunafa.where bread crumbs are used which is filled with cream and mozrella and served with thick sugar syrup
Kunafa is an middle eastern cheese pastry…It is served as a dessert in most of the Arabic restaurant , Especially in Ramadan. ..
Traditional kunafa is prepared with kunafa dough which is shreded and baked … but in today recipe bread crumbs are used instead of dough..It is soft and crispy.. .and can be easily made
This tastes best when eaten right after you take it out of the one as the bread will be crispy. But you can have it later too. You just have to heat it a little bit so that the cheese melts. It will taste the same but the bread won’t be very crispy.
Bread kunafa
Servings 4 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 12 bread slices
- 100 gm melted butter
- 1 tin Thick cream
- 1/2 cup mozrella cheese
For sugar syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp rose water
Instructions
- Trim the sides of the bread. Process it till you get fine crumbs.
- Mix the butter well with the bread.
- Line the baking pan with baking paper and Grease it with butter
- Place a layer of the bread butter mixture.spread a layer of cream
- Sprinkle shredded mozzarella all over.
- Place the remaining bread mix on top.
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes on 180C or till the top and bottom becomes golden brown in color.
- Sprinkle ground pistachios all over. Cut it into pieces and serve. Then pour sugar syrup over it and enjoy. Serve immediately.
To prepare sugar syrup
- Place the sugar and water with lemon juice in a sauce pan.
- stir till the sugar gets dissolved.
- Once it comes to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for not more than 10 minutes. Turn off heat and pour rose water