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Ingredients
Syrup
- 300 g sugar
- 100 g water
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp blossom water
Pastry
- 200 g butter, plus extra for greasing
- 500 g white bread, crust removed and cut into pieces
Kashta cream
- 1000 g milk
- 150 g white bread, crust removed and cut into pieces
- 100 g cornflour (starch)
- 1 tbsp blossom water
- 2 tbsp rose water
Cheese filling
- 250 g akkawi cheese, desalted (see tip) and cut into cubes
- 250 g mozzarella, cut into cubes
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 2506 kJ / 599 kcal
- Protein
- 14.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 76 g
- Fat
- 26.4 g
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