Description
Delicious Mini Kunafa Nests filled with cream and topped with pistachios, offering a delightful dessert experience.
Ingredients
Scale
- 250 g kunafa dough (kataifi)
- 1/2 cup (115 g) ghee or melted butter
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar (optional for extra crispness)
- 2 cups (500 ml) whole milk
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp rose water or orange blossom water
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) cold heavy cream (optional for extra silkiness)
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
- 1/2 cup mascarpone or cream cheese
- 3 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup (200 g) sugar
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) water
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp rose water or orange blossom water (optional)
- Crushed pistachios
- Ground cinnamon (optional)
- Extra syrup drizzle (optional)
Instructions
- In a pot, combine sugar and water to prepare the syrup. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 5-7 minutes. Add lemon juice and rose/orange blossom water. Cool completely.
- Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F. Shred kunafa dough to loosen the strands and pour melted ghee over it, mixing gently. Optionally, add powdered sugar.
- Grease a muffin tin. Take small handfuls of kunafa and press into each muffin cup to form a nest shape.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and crisp. Immediately drizzle cold syrup into each hot nest.
- For the Ashta, whisk milk, cornstarch, flour, and sugar in a pot. Cook on medium heat until thick, then add rose/orange blossom water and stir in cold heavy cream. Chill before piping.
- For the Quick Cream, whip heavy cream to soft peaks, then add mascarpone/cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla, beating until thick and pipeable. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.
- Pipe the cream into each kunafa nest, sprinkle with crushed pistachios, dust with cinnamon if desired, and drizzle with syrup.
Notes
- Ensure the syrup is cooled completely for crispy kunafa.
- Adjust the sweetness according to taste.
- Can be served warm or cold.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 nest
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg