Nabulsi Kunafa with Cheese (Middle Eastern Cheese Pastry)

Ingredients

• shredded Kunafa dough 500 g
• Nabulsi or mozzarella cheese, desalted and shredded 400 g
• ghee, melted 150 g
• simple sugar syrup (attar) 1 cup

Instructions

1. 1

   Mix the shredded Kunafa dough thoroughly with the melted ghee.

2. 2

   Press half of the dough firmly into the bottom of a baking pan, spread the cheese evenly over it, and top with the remaining dough.

3. 3

   Bake in a preheated oven until both the bottom and top turn golden brown.

4. 4

   Pour the cold simple syrup over the hot Kunafa immediately and garnish with crushed pistachios before serving.