Pasadena Star News/Wednesday, March 2, 2005

Kadayif

Servings Preparation Time Cooking Time Calories Saturated Fat Fat Sodium Carbohydrates Protein Cholesterol
12 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A


INGREDIENTS:
1/2 pound sweet butter, melted 1 pint half-and-half 1/2 cup whipping cream
5 tablespoons cornstarch 7 tablespoons powdered sugar syrup (recipe below)



1 Pull apart kadayif dough and fluff with your hands. Mix dough with melted butter. Spread 1/2 of dough evenly in a lightly buttered 9 by 12-inch baking pan. Press lightly to make a crust.
2 For filling, combine half-and-half, whipping cream, cornstarch and powdered sugar in a pan on top of stove top. Place over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring constantly with a wire whisk, until thickened and creamy, about 3 minutes.
3 Spread hot filling evenly over kadayif dough crust. Cover evenly with remaining dough, pressing in lightly.
4 Place baking pan on lowest rack of a preheated 450-degree oven. Bake 20-25 minutes, until golden. (If not golden, move to top rack and bake 5 to 10 minutes longer). Drizzle a little cold Syrup evenly over kadayif as soon as it is removed from the oven. Cool slightly, cut into squares and serve warm topped with a drizzling of Syrup. Or refrigerate and serve cold (or reheat and serve slightly warm), drizzled with more syrup.
5 SYRUP: In a saucepan, combine 1 cup water and 2 cups sugar. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, mix and boil 5 to 10 minutes. Cool. Syrup recipe can be doubled if you want extra.
6 NOTE: Kadayif can be assembled the night before, refrigerated and baked the next day, an hour before serving.

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