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Easy Kadaifi Recipe | Charalambides Christis

George Erotokritou
Suitable for vegetarians
March 23, 2022

Easy and delicious recipe for Kataifi!

Prep Time
30
mins
Cook Time
70
mins
Serves
10

Ingredients

Materials:

  • 500g. Chrysi Zymi Kataifi
  • 300g. Pistachio (coarsely ground)
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  •  ½ teaspoon Clove (powder)
  • 300g. Country Life Butter (melted)
  •  A few chopped pistachios for garnish

For the syrup

  • 3 cups Sugar
  • 2½ cups Water
  • ½ Lemon (its juice)
  • 1 Lemon peel

Instructions

  1. Put the pistachio with the cinnamon and the clove in a bowl. Stir.
  2. Take the kadaifi leaf and fluff it with your fingers.
  3. In a fireproof dish add half the amount of kadaifi leaf and sprinkle it well with the melted butter.
  4. Then add the pistachio mixture to the entire surface.
  5. Continue with the rest of the kadaifi leaf and the rest of the butter. Press it with your hands and carve it with a knife.
  6. Bake in a preheated oven at 170 degrees on the heating elements for about 1 hour and 10 minutes until well browned.
  7. In a saucepan put all the ingredients together for the syrup and put them on the fire.
  8. Once it starts to bubble in the next 4 minutes turn off the heat.
  9. Finally, pour the hot syrup into the hot kadaifi and let it absorb well before serving.
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