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Kataifi recipe: make it at home
Kataifi is a traditional Greek dessert made from fine shredded pastry filled with nuts and soaked in a fragrant syrup. The crisp pastry and the sweet filling make for a unique taste experience.
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About this dish
What is Kataifi?
Kataifi is a traditional Greek dessert made from fine shredded pastry filled with nuts and soaked in a fragrant syrup. The crisp pastry and the sweet filling make for a unique taste experience.
Mise en place
Make Kataifi yourself
Step by step
How to make Kataifi step by step
Method
- 1
Gently pull the kataifi pastry apart.
- 2
Mix the walnuts and cinnamon.
- 3
Fill the pastry with the nut mixture.
- 4
Roll up into small rolls.
- 5
Brush with melted butter.
- 6
Bake for 40 minutes at 180 °C.
- 7
Make the syrup.
- 8
Pour the syrup over the hot kataifi.
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How to serve Kataifi
Dessert wine
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