DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Knafeh
Also known as: كنافة
A sweet Levantine pastry dessert built around soft cheese, a wheat-based shredded pastry or semolina layer, butter, sugar syrup, and a frequent pistachio garnish.
About Knafeh
A sweet Levantine pastry dessert built around soft cheese, a wheat-based shredded pastry or semolina layer, butter, sugar syrup, and a frequent pistachio garnish.
Ingredients in Knafeh
Recorded ingredient connections, rather than a complete recipe. Explore an ingredient for more detail.
- Cheesefilling
- Durum wheat semolinabase
- Buttercooking medium
- Sugarsweetener
- Watersauce
- Filo Pastrybase
- Pistachiogarnish
- Pastrybase
- Soft cheesefilling
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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