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Mini Kunafa Cream Puffs

Kunafa coated flaky puff pastry filled with a ricotta cream mixture on which fragrant sugar syrup is poured generously. Perfect dessert for Eid or just anytime of the year.
Course: Dessert
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 100 g Kunafa/Shredded Phyllo Dough
  • 50 g Butter Melted
  • 5 nos Puff pastry squares
  • 100 g Thick cream
  • 100 g Ricotta
  • 1 tsp Rose Water
  • 1/2 tsp Orange blossom water (Optional)
  • 1/4 cup Milk
  • Sugar syrup
  • Powdered Pistachios

Instructions

  • Put the kunafa in a food processor and chop it into small pieces.
  • Pour melted butter into the kunafa and process it once more till everything gets combined and the butter gets coated well on the kunafa.
  • Place this in a bowl.
  • Take out the puff pastry squares and cut each into 4 squares.
  • Dip the puff pastry cubes in the milk.
  • Dip it in the kunafa butter mixture. Make sure you press the kunafa onto the puff pastry well.
  • Do the same with all the puff pastries.
  • Place it on a well greased baking tray.
  • Bake it in a 180C preheated oven for 15 minutes or until the puff pastry puffs up and the kunafa gets golden brown in color.
  • Take it out of the oven and let it cool on a wire rack.
  • Meanwhile, make the cream filling.
  • For that mix together the ricotta and thick cream together. Pour few drops of rose water and orange blossom water, not too much.
  • Once the puff pastry cools completely, open it from one side and fill a teaspoon full of cream into each.
  • When serving, pour a bit of sugar syrup on the serving plate. Place the Kunafa Cream Puff on the plate. And drizzle sugar syrup all over the puff pastry. Sprinkle powdered pistachios. Serve immediately.

Notes

  • If you don't get ricotta, you can use thick cream alone. But ricotta gives a denser texture to the cream.
  • Instead of ricotta, mascarpone can be used too.