Name: Cheese Pastry (Künefe)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 250 g (9 oz/½ packet) kadayif (angel hair) pastry (available from Turkish, other Middle Eastern and Mediterranean food shops); 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 200 g (7 oz/scant 1 cup) caster (superfine) sugar; kaymak (buffalo’s milk clotted cream) or mascarpone cheese, to serve; 250 g (9 oz) fresh mozzarella cheese, torn into pieces; 125 g (4½ oz) butter, melted and cooled until lukewarm

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Istanbul Cult Recipes

By Pomme Larmoyer

Published 2015

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You can find this pastry, made from kadayif (angel hair pastry) and cheese, from the Middle East to Greece. The Turks use a desalted cheese; mozzarella does the job very well.