Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, semolina and cheese cake - knafeh bi jibneh. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
One of the greatest of all Lebanese pastries is knafeh jibneh with orange blossom syrup. Knafeh is shredded phyllo dough filled with cheese. I was dead-set on the knafeh jibneh, a royal display in a huge flat platter looking like a golden cake which when cut, revealed its melting, gooey cheese filling.
Semolina and cheese cake - knafeh bi jibneh is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Semolina and cheese cake - knafeh bi jibneh is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook semolina and cheese cake - knafeh bi jibneh using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Semolina and cheese cake - knafeh bi jibneh:
- Prepare 500 g knafeh dough, or mafroukeh
- Make ready 500 g akkawi cheese, if available, or any other unsalted white cheese like mozzarella
- Prepare 1/2 cup fine semolina, ferkha flour
- Prepare 200 g butter
- Get - For the sugar syrup:
- Take 2 1/2 cups sugar
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups water
- Get 1 teaspoon rose water
- Make ready 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Take 1 teaspoon orange blossom water
Mamouniyeh is a specialty of Aleppo. It is a breakfast dish prepared from semolina, ghee, and sugar syrup, served with cheese and sh'eibiyyat. Typically, cheese kunafa, like Nabulsia or knafeh bil jibn, are filled with Arabic cheeses with melting Layer the cheese between Semolina Pudding. I ran into this genius solution while searching for It really depends on the type of pan you use and your oven.
Steps to make Semolina and cheese cake - knafeh bi jibneh:
- To get a completely unsalted cheese, soak in water for 24 hr. Make sure to change the water 4 to 5 times.
- To prepare the sugar syrup: put the sugar and water in a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Leave to boil then add the lemon juice and keep on medium heat for 10 min until the syrup thickens. Add the orange blossom water and rose water. Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl.
- Spread the knafeh dough in a 35 cm diameter baking pan forming a layer of around 1.5 cm in thickness. Bake the dough in the oven at medium heat, until the bottom and the side of the dough turn golden in color.
- Cut the cheese in small cubes and place them in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the water oozes out. Discard the water.
- Add in the fine semolina and ½ cup of the syrup and mix. When the cheese mixture starts boiling, remove from heat and pour over the baked knafeh dough.
- Place a large serving tray over the knafeh pan and turn the pan upside down. Let the knafeh drop on the serving tray while slowly removing the pan.
- Cut the knafeh into square pieces and serve warm with sugar syrup.
I use a light weight aluminum cake pan and. The traditional cheese used in Knafeh Nabulsi is Akkawi cheese (variant spellings: ackawi, akawwi, akawi), named after the Aker region of Palestine where it originated. Semolina Cake with Rose Water and Pistachios. Mahalabia, a Middle Eastern Chilled Milk Dessert. Sweet cheese pastry (knafeh). (Chris Chen).
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