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Ingredients
Syrup
- 300 g sugar
- 150 g water
-
1
tsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
or 1 tsp citric acid - 2 tsp blossom water
Kashta cream
- 1000 g milk
- 150 g white bread, crust removed, cut into pieces
- 100 g cornflour (starch)
- 1 tbsp blossom water
- 2 tbsp rose water
Dough
- 200 g medium wheat semolina
- 50 g fine semolina
- 500 g akkawi cheese, desalted, cut into pieces (see tip)
- 200 g mozzarella, rinsed and dried, cut into pieces
Assembly
- sunflower oil, for greasing
- unsalted pistachio nuts, chopped, to garnish
- Nutrition
- per 1 piece
- Calories
- 402 kJ / 96 kcal
- Protein
- 3.2 g
- Carbohydrates
- 12.8 g
- Fat
- 3.5 g
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