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Knafeh Nabulsiyeh

Also known as: كنافة نابلسية

Knafeh khishneh is the coarse-pastry style of Nabulsi cheese knafeh.

About Knafeh Nabulsiyeh

Knafeh khishneh is the coarse-pastry style of Nabulsi cheese knafeh. Its strands of pastry form a crisp layer over soft cheese, with ghee giving the golden surface a rich flavour.

The cheese provides a gently savoury contrast to the sweet syrup. Lemon juice adds a little brightness, while pistachios bring a nutty finish and green colour to the top.

This Nabulsi-cheese rendition is served hot, with a soft, stretching centre beneath the pastry. The glossy syrup and pistachio garnish give each portion a rich, sweet presentation.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk, Pistachios.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Knafeh Nabulsiyeh

Arabian Recipe’s Nabulsi cheese knafeh khishneh.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Prepared shredded knafeh pastry: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Literal thick shredded knafeh180/187; conventional kataifi is wheat pastry. Full upstream formulation unprovided; no guessed Egg/Milk or exact supplier.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
  • Ghee: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual first traditional dairy ghee178 and pan179/191; Butter alternative unselected. Normal ghee confirms Milk.
  • Nabulsi cheese: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. First explicitly offered Nabulsi cheese162 over Akkawi alternative; line181 wording ambiguity preserved privately. Named dairy cheese confirms Milk.
  • Red food colouring, formulation unspecified (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal Red Food Colour182, explicitly optional182/191. No orange colour or botanical dye inferred.
  • Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal syrup183/199; processing form unprovided, broad sugar only.
  • Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal183/199 with inconsistent measures; no quantity selected or reconstructed.
  • Pistachios: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Pistachios source-confirmed. Literal184 garnish and163 customary pistachios; named nut confirms Pistachios, no Almond union.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual193 cheese soaking and199 syrup cooking, same literal medium.

Origins & food traditions

Palestine association in the actual attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.

Countries

  • Palestine
  • PalestineCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

Sources & references
  1. طريقة عمل الكنافة النابلسية الأصلية — الوصفة العربية (Arabian Recipe)