Knafeh Balls with Walnut

Authorksalman
RatingDifficultyBeginner

Knafeh is one of the most popular traditional Arabian desserts. This amazing dessert is filled with a mixture of walnuts, cinnamon, and rose water. After baking, it's garnished with cream and chopped walnut.

Yields11 Servings
Prep Time30 minsCook Time20 minsTotal Time50 mins
Filling:
 1 cup crushed walnuts
 1 tbsp rose water
 1 tbsp cinnamon
Konafa Mixture:
 1 lbs (500 g) Konafa pastry
 1 cup melted butter
 1 cup powdered sugar
To Serve:
 Cream
 sugar syrup
1

If using frozen kunafa pastry, take it out of the fridge and leave it on the kitchen table until it gets rid of ice and becomes soft.

2

Filling: In a deep dish, add nuts, rose water and cinnamon. Mix ingredients together.

3

Bring a short edge oven tray and line it with parchment paper.

4

In a deep dish, place the kunafa, sugar and melted ghee. Use your fingers to rub the pastry well with butter till it’s all soaked up.

5

Bring a medium cup and add a base layer of kunafa pastry inside while bringing the pastry up to the sides in order to make a hole.

6

Set nuts mixture inside this hole then add another layer of Kunafa on the top.

7

Take the kunafa ball out of the cup and put it in the tray. Repeat with the rest of the konafa and filling.

8

Bake the kunafa in preheated oven at 355 F (180°C) for about 20 minutes (on the middle rack), until nicely colored and crispy.

9

As soon as you turn the kunafa out of the oven, distribute the cold syrup over the hot kunafa.

10

Transfer the kunafa balls on a serving plate and garnish with cream and nuts. Serve the kunafa warm or cold.

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Ingredients

Filling:
 1 cup crushed walnuts
 1 tbsp rose water
 1 tbsp cinnamon
Konafa Mixture:
 1 lbs (500 g) Konafa pastry
 1 cup melted butter
 1 cup powdered sugar
To Serve:
 Cream
 sugar syrup

Directions

1

If using frozen kunafa pastry, take it out of the fridge and leave it on the kitchen table until it gets rid of ice and becomes soft.

2

Filling: In a deep dish, add nuts, rose water and cinnamon. Mix ingredients together.

3

Bring a short edge oven tray and line it with parchment paper.

4

In a deep dish, place the kunafa, sugar and melted ghee. Use your fingers to rub the pastry well with butter till it’s all soaked up.

5

Bring a medium cup and add a base layer of kunafa pastry inside while bringing the pastry up to the sides in order to make a hole.

6

Set nuts mixture inside this hole then add another layer of Kunafa on the top.

7

Take the kunafa ball out of the cup and put it in the tray. Repeat with the rest of the konafa and filling.

8

Bake the kunafa in preheated oven at 355 F (180°C) for about 20 minutes (on the middle rack), until nicely colored and crispy.

9

As soon as you turn the kunafa out of the oven, distribute the cold syrup over the hot kunafa.

10

Transfer the kunafa balls on a serving plate and garnish with cream and nuts. Serve the kunafa warm or cold.

Knafeh Balls with Walnut
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