🇹🇷 How to Make Künefe

Craving Künefe? On FoodNeverComes the food never actually comes — so here's how to make real Künefe at home, in about 40 min, with stuff you probably already have.

🛒 Ingredients

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• 250g kadayıf (shredded filo)
• 200g mozzarella or unsalted white cheese, sliced thin
• 120g butter, melted
• Syrup: 250g sugar, 180ml water, squeeze of lemon
• crushed pistachios

👩‍🍳 Method

1. Make and cool the syrup first.
2. Chop the kadayıf roughly and rub the melted butter through it with your hands until every strand glistens.
3. Press half firmly into a small heavy pan or ovenproof dish — really compact it.
4. Lay the cheese on, keeping it away from the edges, then press the remaining kadayıf over the top.
5. Cook on the hob over low heat 10 min until the base is deep gold, then flip it out onto a plate and slide it back to do the other side. Or bake at 200°C for 25 min.
6. Cold syrup over it while it sizzles, pistachios on top, and eat it immediately — künefe is only itself while the cheese still pulls.