For the Ottoman desert, see Kadayıf. For the folded pancake, see Qatayef.
Knafeh
Alternative names
Kunafeh
Kunafa
Kanafeh
Knafeh
Konafi
Kunaftah
Künefe
Kinafa
Type
Dessert
Place of origin
Nablus[1]
Region or state
Arab world
Serving temperature
Warm, room temperature or cold (qishta variety)
Main ingredients
Dough
Sugar
Cheese
Almonds
Pistachios
Rose water
Kaymak
Variations
Multiple
Media: Knafeh
Knafeh[2] (Arabic: كنافة) is a traditional Arabic dessert, made with spun pastry called kataifi,[3][4][5] soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup called attar, and typically layered with cheese, or with other ingredients such as clotted cream, pistachio or nuts, depending on the region.[6] It is popular in the Middle East.[7][6][8][9]
In Arabic, the name may refer to the string pastry itself, or to the entire dessert dish. In Turkish, the string pastry is known as tel kadayıf, and the cheese-based dessert that uses it as künefe. In Turkey, it is called künefe.[10] In the Balkans, the shredded dough is similarly known as kadaif/cataif,[11] and in Greece as kadaifi, and is the basis of various dishes rolled or layered with it, including dessert pastries with nuts and sweet syrups.
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