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Recipe(tried): Knafe with semolina flour

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I made this recipe in my kitchen I always loved this kind of knafe and after so many times of trying finally I could perfect it.

3 cups either fine semolina or med. size
1 cup of either butter or clarified butter (I've done with both and it's amazing)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup boiling water
1/4 cup rose water
1/4 orange blossom water

Method:

1- Heat the butter until dissolved.
2- mix semolina and sugar then add butter and stir with wooden spoon.
3- Mix rose water, orange blossom water and water and heat untill very hot
4- pour the hot water mixture to semolina mixture and mix it should have the consistency of yogurt if not you can add a little more hot water
5- put in a non stick tray of a parshment lined tray in a 350 pre-heated oven for about 15 min only.
6- Take out and let cool in room temp.
7- when fully cooled rub between hands until it looks like sand. Now you have something called (Farek Knafe) most chefs say it's impossible to make at home (nonsense) At this stage you can choose either to use or freeze.

Making Knafe:
1- Butter a 16" round non-stick tray or regular tray or 18x13" baking sheet generously.
2- press two thirds of the (Farek Knafe) on the bottom of the tray with your hands.
3- cut Akkawi cheese or fresh mazzorella cheese for small cubes and set aside. It should be 2 cups
4- In a sauce pan put one cup of milk and 1/3 cup of semolina and heat and keep stirring until it becomes thick then add the cheese and keep stirring until the cheese is dissolved.
5- Pour the cheese mixture over the pressed semolina and spread carefully with the wooden spoon but don't let it touch the sides.
6-Dump the rest of (Farek Knafe) in the middle of the cheese layer and spread with the tips of your fingers to cover all cheese and try to press it lightly throwing the (farek knafe) between the tray's side and the cheese so the cheese doesn't touch the sides and burn. But if this happens it won't affect your knafe that much I just want you to have a professional look.
7- Bake in a 375 F pre-heated oven for about 30 min in the lower shelf.
8- bring out and immediately pour about half a cup of sugar syrup on top then go around the sides with a tip of a knife to loosen any cheese touching the sides of the tray then bring a bigger tray and put it over the knafe tray and flip it so the bottom of Knafe is on top now.
9- now you can cut it to squares and put ground pistashew in each square.
10- You can choose to put some syrup on top but I like to serve it on the side.

Sugar syrup:

Boil 3 cups of sugar and 1 1/2 cup of water on med-high heat in a saucepan and when sugar is dissolved add 1/2 tsp of lemon juice and boil for a min.
Take away from heat and add 1 tbsp of Orange blossom water to the syrup and stir and let cool. You can leave it at room temp for a very long time.

I hope you make it and enjoy it. If you do let me know. Sometimes I make like 2 trays and bake them and let them cool then l put them in the freezer after I cover each square with foil paper then in a zipper bag. So late at night when my husband and I feel like having knafe we bring it out and microwave it.
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