Ingredients
- 500g spun pastry (kataifi). Buy at a Greek, Lebanese, or Turkish store
- 400g feta cheese
- 300g unsalted Greek sheep or goat cheese (you can use cottage or ricotta instead)
- 3tbsp finely chopped fresh spearmint
- 300g melted butter and 150g extra to add at the end
- Syrup (2 cups water, 1 cup sugar, peel of 1 lemon, 50ml mastiha liquer or rosewater)
- Handful of chopped pistachios.
- Instructions
Syrup:
Boil 8 minutes 2 cups water, 1 cup sugar, 1 lemon peel. Take off the heat, add mastiha liquer or rosewater.
Künefe:
• Open the kataifi with your hands to make it airy. Cut in short lenghts if you wish.
• Crumble feta and put in a bowl with unsalted cheese, add spearmint and mix well. Add some pepper.
• Place half the kataifi in a pan, springle evenly with the 300g of butter.
• Add the cheese mixture and cocer with the remaining kataifi.
• Springle with the remaining 150g of butter.
• Cook in medium oven for 35-40 minutes until gold.
• Springle with chopped pistachios.
Place a pot with the syrup on the table for guests to poor over and soak their künefe with.
Enjoy,
Angela