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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For custard: combine milk and semolina in a heavy pan; blend in beaten eggs and add salt and sugar; place over medium heat and stir constantly until thickened and bubbling; remove from heat, stir in butter and vanilla extract and cover top of custard with plastic wrap (directly on surface of custard) to prevent a skin from forming. | 2. For pastry: place kadaifi in a large bowl and gently separate strands with fingers. | 3. Grease 13 x 9 inch glass oven dish with some of the. | 4. butter; put half the kadaifi in the base, pressing it down somewhat to make it compact; drizzle 1/4 cup butter evenly over it; pour custard filling over kadtaifi, spreading it evenly; top with remaining kadaifi; spread evenly and pat down gently; pour remaining melted butter evenly over top. | 5. Bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 45 minutes until golden-brown; remove from oven and cool completely. | 6. For syrup: dissolve sugar in water over medium heat, add lemon rind and cinnamon stick and bring to the boil; add lemon juice and boil over medium heat for 15 minutes, skimming when necessary; do not stir once syrup is boiling; strain hot syrup over cooled pastry; leave until cold and cut into diamond shapes to serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
milk	4	cups		595.36	46.6528	30.744	31.9152
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
semolina	3/4	cup		450.9	91.2196	15.8817	1.3151
sugar	1/2	cup		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
vanilla extract	2	teaspoons		24.191999999999997	1.0626	0.005	0.005
kadaifi pastry	1	lb	thawed shredded	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
butter	3/4	cup	melted	171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
sugar	2	cups		402.99	100.79799999999999	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	1			-	-	-	-
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lemon juice	3	teaspoons		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
lemon	1	strip	rind	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.