How To Make Konafa

How To Make Konafa

This was originally meant as a private video for friends. But I left it public since it is easier for them to see it. Since then a lot of people saw it. So in the spirit of being helpful, I decided to add the ingredients since it is hard to deduce from the video itself (I know a bit late - few months after adding the video - sorry)

You need:
- A large pan (38cm).
- konafa of course. In Canada we use 1.5 boxes of brand named Cedar. Each box contains 454 grams.
- 300g of unsalted butter
For the cream filling:
- 1 cup (250ml) milk - homogenized
- 250ml whipping cream (35%)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 pack (8g) vanilla or 1-2 tsp liquid vanilla (to be added when making the cream)
- 3 tbsp corn starch
For after cooking:
- 1/2 cup syrup (2 parts sugar : 1 part water)

To make the cream filling:
Dissolve the cornstarch in the cup of cold milk. Add the vanilla to the 3/4 cup of sugar
On high heat, heat and stir the milk (with corn starch) till thickened into a pudding texture in a non-stick pot. Stir often during this process so it doesn't become lumpy. Turn off the heat (leaving the pot in the same warm spot) and add the sugar (with vanilla) and stir till they dissolve. Gradually add the cream and stir.

To make the syrup:
Add 1 cup of sugar and 1/2 a cup of water into a pot. Heat on medium till it dissolves.
Add lime juice (you only need a quarter of the lime).
Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
Leave to cool to room temperature

Cooking
- Set the oven to 475F then put the pan for 25-30 min on lower rack.
- After you take it out, add 1/2 cup of syrup (cold) all around
- Leave for 2 min then flip into plate.

I have also added the end result as a video of its own as it was not included in this video. You can see it here

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