Kataifi is a very sweet dessert popular both in Turkey and in Greece. It is made from the thinnest kataifi phyllo with nuts on the inside and soaked in honey or sugar syrup.
Ingredients
Almonds: 50 gram
Pistachio: 50 gram
Kataifi phyllo: ¼ kg
Olive oil: 80 ml
Sugar: 50 gram for the filling and 250 gram for the syrup
Cinnamon: ½ tea spoon
1 lemon
Rosewater: 2 tablespoons
Cooking method
Grind almonds and pistachios and mix them with 50 gram of sugar and cinnamon. Unroll the kataifi phyllo from the plastic sleeve, slightly roll it up, drizzle with olive oil and place a tablespoon of filling at one end. Roll the phyllo it up to make a small cylinder. Place the cylinders on the pan, brush them with olive oil and bake in the preheated oven at 170-180 ºC for about 50 minutes.
To make a syrup, squeeze one peeled lemon, then mix lemon peel, juice, 250 grams of sugar, and 200 ml of water and bring the ingredients to the boil. Lower the heat and cook for 15 minutes.
Serve kataifi with this syrup and rosewater for soaking.
