Knafeh

Knafeh is a  cheese pastry soaked in sweet sugar-based syrup, typical of the regions of Lebanon, Jordan. It is consumed typically for breakfast in kaak bread or for desert. You can use a medium size baking dish or individual size oven proof ramekins.



Ingredients:

4 cups milk
1-cup semolina smid
1-cup sugar
2 sticks butter + 4 T
2-T rose water
Breadcrumbs
1-pound mozzarella or Akawi cheese shredded
Cornflakes for topping

In saucepan pour milk, add semolina, sugar and 2 sticks of butter boil and turn off heat. Add rose water.
Grease a baking dish, sprinkle with some breadcrumbs and divide milk mixture in half. Pour half in the baking dish and spread mozzarella. Pour the second half of milk mixture and layer. Sprinkle another layer of breadcrumbs.  Add the cut up butter and place in pre-heat 350-oven for 20 -25 minutes. Serve hot with syrup and ciabatta bread.


For Syrup:

1 cup sugar
½ cup water
Slice of a lemon
1 T orange blossom
1 T rose water

Prepare syrup, Boil sugar water with the slice of lemon. Remove lemon 10-15 minutes and keep boiling without stirring another 10 minutes. Remove from heat add orange blossom and rose water, let cool.