Bread Kanafa, is an easier version of the traditional kanafa. Here instead of the kanafa dough, bread crumbs are used. Instead of the akawi cheese, I filled the dessert with thick cream and mozzarella cheese. Bake this till golden and crisp and serve with a thick and fragrant sugar syrup and devour.
I read this phrase from a blog named sisters-magazine and I loved it. They have a post where they mentioned some of the best duas to be recited during Ramadan or just any time of the year. I have saved it, Im sure I will get benefitted a lot from it. You guys check it out too. Here is the link. 🙂
INGREDIENTS:
- 12 sliced bread
- 100g melted unsalted butter
- Thick Cream
- Mozzarella Cheese
- Ground pistachios
For the Sugar Syrup:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 water
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp rose water
- 1/2 tsp orange blossom water
DIRECTIONS:
- Trim the sides of the bread. Process it till you get fine crumbs.
- Mix the butter well with the bread. (It is best if you process the butter and bread crumbs together in a food processor, the butter will be distributed evenly and the crumbs will be well separated)
- Line a 9″ or 8″ baking pan with baking paper or just grease it very well with melted butter or cooking spray.
- Place a layer of the bread butter mixture.
- Spread a thin or thick layer of cream (as you like).
- Sprinkle shredded mozzarella all over.
- Place the remaining bread mix on top.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes on 180C or till the top and bottom becomes golden brown in color. If it doesn’t turn crisp, broil until crisp.
- Sprinkle ground pistachios all over. Cut it into pieces and serve. Then pour sugar syrup over it and enjoy. Serve immediately.
To make the sugar syrup:
Place the sugar and water with lemon juice in a sauce pan.
On high heat stir till the sugar gets dissolved.
Once it comes to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for not more than 10 minutes. Turn off heat and pour rose water.
[yumprint-recipe id=’182′]
Wooow that’s super cool idea to make kanafa!Lovely vedio Sadia!Just loved it!Hope il try it soon
Thank you soo much Shazia! Try it. Its so easy and tastes good too.
Wowwww …..i lov kunafa n ths so ec…surely gona try it soon …iA …can v use nestle cream nd approximately how many bread slices wud v need?
Heyy Shinaz! Thank you! Long time. Yeah you can use nestle cream too. But puck or kdd thick cream is the best for this. You will need one full bag of sliced bread for this.
shinaz that would be around 15-16 slices of bread.
Sadiaaaaa… Simply loved ur video! She is a beauty
Thank youuuuu my love!
Is the orange blossom a necessity? I don’t have any.
Nope, it’s optional. Just use the rose water alone.
The video is lovely Sadia… love your zest to improvise… this bread kunafa is truly innovative… I would have eaten up that whole plate… hehe…
Thanks a lot Rafeeda!
Beautiful pictures, and Bread Kanafa looks yummiliciously good!!!
Hats off.
Thank you!
Assalamualikum. I made this yesterday and it was a big hit. Everyone enjoyed it. This recipe is a keeper. Thanks for sharing. Jazak Allah.
Walaikumsalaam Shaheen! Alhamdulillah very happy to know that you liked this recipe. Thanks for sending the feedback. 🙂
what a lovely idea. kunafa is my son’s favourite must try
Thank you. Please do give it a try.
Can we do this on stove-top?
I really would like to try the recipe but dont have oven
Hey Flor! I have never tried it on stove top. You can make it stove top, but flipping the knafa to make the top part crisp would be difficult. What you can do is make mini knafa in a small frying pan, then it can be flipped easily too. Hope this helped.
Jazakallah for this easy alternative to the traditional recipe. I could not source the traditional ingredients
Wa iyaki. so glad that you found this recipe useful.
can i keep in fridge before serving?
It would be best if baked few minutes before serving.
I have an otg. Should i bake with lower rods heated or both (upper and lower) rods heated?
Bake with both rods heated.