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Knafeh [1] (Arabic: كنافة) is a traditional Arab dessert made with spun pastry dough [2] [3] layered with cheese and soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup called attar. [4] Knafeh is a popular throughout the Arab world, especially in the Levant, [5] and is often served on special occasions and holidays.
Whether you prefer flaky baklava, tender cakes, sweet cheese-filled pastries, or luscious bread pudding, any of these 21 tantalizing Arabic dessert recipes will make a festive addition to the table.
The same ingredient is though called “kunafa” in Arabic, which refers to another dessert similar to kadayıf but stuffed with cheese. [3] The name first appeared in an Ottoman translation of the Arabic cookbook Kitab al-Tabikh translated by Muhammed bin Mahmud Şirvani, a 15th century Ottoman physician. [3]
Awameh (عوامة)—Arabic for "swimmer", a Levantine pastry similar to doughnut holes, made of deep-fried dough, soaked in sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, sometimes sprinkled with sesame; Baklava (البقلاوة)—sweet pastry made of layers of filo; Batata b'kaak (فطيرة البطاطس)—potato pancake
The candy bar is inspired by knafeh: a Middle Eastern dessert made with kataifi (a shredded phyllo pastry), attar (a sweet, sugary syrup) and then layers of cheese, pistachio, cream or other fillings.
Kunafa (كنافه) is a shredded pastry sandwiching a layer of cream اشطه) or desalted 'akkawi cheese soaked in a sweet syrup. Luqmet el qadi (لقمة القاضى) are small, round donuts that are crunchy on the outside and soft and syrupy on the inside. They are often served with dusted cinnamon and powdered sugar.
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The city is home to a number of food products well known throughout the Levant, the Arab world and the former provinces of the Ottoman Empire. Kanafeh (or Kunafa) is the best known Nabulsi sweet. [50] It is made of several fine shreds of pastry noodles with honey-sweetened cheese in the center.