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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Make Syrup with: | 2. 1 cup sugar. | 3. 1/4 cup water. | 4. 2 tsp lemon juice. | 5. 1 tsp orange blossom water. | 6. Cream Filling. | 7. 2 tablespoons ground rice. | 8. 1 tablespoons sugar. | 9. 1 1/2 cups milk. | 10. 2 Tbsp cup heavy cream. | 11. Walnut or Pistachios Filling. | 12. 1 cup walnuts and pistachios; chopped. | 13. 1 tbsp sugar | 14. Prepare the syrup by combining all and simmering over medium heat until thickened. Stir in orange blossom water and refrigerate for at least an hour. | 15. Cream filling: | 16. Mix ground rice and sugar to a smooth paste with 1/2 the milk. | 17. Boil the rest of the milk and add the ground rice paste slowly, stirring continuously. Simmer until thick. | 18. Let cool, add cream and mix well. | 19. Walnut or pistachio filling: | 20. Mix the chopped nuts with sugar. Put the konafa pastry in a large bowl and pull apart to separate the strands as much as possible. Pour melted butter over them and work it in thoroughly. | 21. Put half of the pastry in a large, deep oven dish. Spread either filling over it evenly. | 22. Cover with the remaining pastry and flattening out with the palm of your hand. | 23. Bake at uncovered 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. | 24. Then increase temperature to 400 degrees for an additional 10 minutes or longer until it is golden. | 25. Remove from the oven and immediately pour the cold syrup over the hot konafa. Serve hot or cold. | 26. It is delicious when still warm. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
phyllo pastry	500			-	-	-	-
butter	250		unsalted melted	21375.0	982.125	667.875	1800.0
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lemon juice	2	teaspoons		2.2367	0.7015	0.0356	0.0244
orange blossom water	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
rice flour	2	tablespoons		72.285	15.8257	1.1751	0.2804
sugar	1	tablespoon		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
milk	1 1/2	1/2		223.26	17.4948	11.529000000000002	11.9682
heavy cream	2	tablespoons		102.0	0.8220000000000001	0.852	10.824000000000002
walnut	1	cup	chopped	1927.12	0.0	0.0	218.0
sugar	1	tablespoon		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0

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