Ingredients

• For Kunafa:
• ½ kg. mozzarella cheese
• 250 gms. semolina
• 2 tsps. Orange blossom water
• 2 tsps. of rose water
• 100 gms. butter
• For the syrup:
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 tsp. orange blossom water
• 2 tsp. rose water
• 1 tsp. lemon juice

How to Make Cheese Kunafa

• Preparation of Kunafa:
• Mix semolina with butter, as well as the orange blossom and rose water flowers.
• Put pastry in a large pan (preferably copper) ½ cm thick.
• Place the pan on heat for 15 minutes until pastry is golden.
• Turn the pan around to heat evenly.
• Pat cheese on top and bake for 10 minutes at 180 degrees C.
• Turn the kunafa upside down in a platter, which should preferably be 5 cm wider than the baking pan.
• Preparation of Syrup:
• Dissolve the sugar in water, orange blossom water, rose water, and lemon juice, stirring until it boils.
• To serve:
• Pour some syrup over kunafa prior to serving.