Cheese under syrup
45 minutes ยท serves 8 ยท Easy
What you need
- 400g kataifi pastry, pulled apart
- 150g butter, melted
- 400g mozzarella or akkawi, sliced
- 200g sugar
- 150ml water
- Squeeze of lemon
- Pistachios
What you do
- 1Boil the sugar, water and lemon for 5 minutes into a syrup and then leave it to go cold. Cold syrup, hot pastry โ that rule matters.
- 2Toss the shredded pastry through the melted butter until every strand is coated.
- 3Press half into a tin, lay the cheese over, press the rest on top.
- 4Bake at 190C for 30 minutes until deep gold.
- 5Pour the cold syrup over the moment it leaves the oven. Pistachios, and eat it while the cheese still pulls.