Kadaifi
Kadaif ( Greek κανταΐφι [kadaˈifi] ; Turkish kadayıf ; Bulgarian / Macedonian / Serbian kadaif кадаиф; Albanian kadaif / -i ; Bosnian / Croatian kadaif ; from Arabic قطائف, DMG qaṭāʾif ), also called angel hair , is a sweet pastry from the Balkan and Oriental regions.
Kadaif is made from fine threads of dough with a filling of almonds or walnuts and sugar syrup. The filling is seasoned with cinnamon and cloves and wrapped in the threads of the dough. After baking and cooling, it is soaked in a lemon sugar syrup. The particularly sweet dish is also used in ice cream as Kadaifi ice cream. In Arabic cuisine it is mixed with cheese to make kunafah .
literature
- Marianthi Milona (author); Werner Stapelfeldt (Ed.): Greece. Greek specialties. Könemann Verlag, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-8290-7422-0 , p. 42 f.
Web links
- Kadayif, Sweet Noodles in the Turkish Cooking Everyday Blog
- Kadaif Noodles in the Martha Stewart website