The perfect Cypriot Christmas dessert for your festive feast
Nikoletta Nicolaou shows us how to recreate her favourite Cypriot Christmas dessert, a delicious Ekmek Kataifi, the perfect addition to this year’s festive feast.
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Cooking tools:
- Saucepan
- Stove
- Kitchen scale
- Measuring spoon
- Measuring cup
- Wooden spoon
- Oven
- Baking dish
- Pastry brush
- Mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Ladle
- Pot
- Plastic wrap
- Chef's knife
- Cutting board
- Refrigerator
- Hand mixer
- Spatula
- Microwave
- Kitchen timer
Ingredients
- Syrup
- 250g sugar
- 250ml water
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 thumb-sized cinnamon bark
- 6 whole cloves
- 1/2 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tsp orange blossom water
- 200g kataifi pastry
- 125g ghee/clarified butter, melted
- 50g pistachios, roughly chopped
- Custard
- 750ml full cream milk
- lemon zest of half a lemon
- 3 whole cloves
- 1/4 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 3 egg yolks
- 50g cornflour
- 75g sugar
- 300ml thickened cream
- 1 tsp orange blossom water
- 30g pistachios
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