Real kataifi (shredded nut pastries)

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Moderate

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

Karen Mintzias 1 c Butter; melted
500 g Kataifi pastry

--------------------------------NUT FILLING--------------------------------
1 c Coarsely ground walnuts 1/4 ts Ground cloves
1 c Coarsely ground almonds 1 Egg white; lightly beaten
1/2 c Caster sugar 1 tb Brandy
1 ts Ground cinnamon

-----------------------------------SYRUP-----------------------------------
2 c Sugar 4 Cloves
1 1/2 c Water 1 Piece cinnamon bark
1 ts Lemon juice 1 tb Honey
1 Thin strip of lemon rind

Makes: 40 pieces Oven temperature: 180 C (350 F) Cooking time: 50-55
minutes

Take an eighth of the pastry strands and spread out on a board to a 18 x 25
cm (7 x 10 inch) rectangle with strands running roughly lengthwise. Using a
pastry brush, dab some butter over strands. Combine nut filling
ingredients and spread about 2 tablespoons of filling along one narrow
edge. Roll up firmly into a neat roll. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Place rolls close together in a 20 x 30 cm (8 x 12 inch) slab cake pan or
baking dish. Brush top with remaining butter. Bake in a moderate oven,
one shelf above centre, for 50-55 minutes until golden brown.

Meanwhile, dissolve sugar in water over heat, add lemon juice and rind,
cloves and cinnamon. Bring to the boil and boil over medium heat for 10
minutes. Stir in honey, strain and cool. Pour cooled syrup over hot
pastries and place a folded cloth on top. Leave until cool. Cut each roll
into 5 pieces diagonally if preferred.

ALTERNATIVE SHAPING: Take a small handful of pastry strands and spread out
fairly compactly on board. Have strands running towards you as much as
possible and dab with butter. Mould a tablespoon of nut filling into a
short sausage shape and place on one end. Roll up firmly into a neat roll
and place in baking dish. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Makes about
30 rolls each about 5 cm (2 inches) long. Bake as directed above, prepare
syrup and finish as in previous recipe.

From: "The Complete Middle East Cookbook" by Tess Mallos ISBN: 1 86302 069
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Typed for you by Karen Mintzias