DESSERTS RECIPES / LEBANESE DESSERTS
Znoud el sit is a Lebanese dessert made of filo pastry ( like puff pastry or spring roll pastry) which is available in the middle Eastern grocery frozen section. But many of us are unable to get this pastry easily and so here is an easy method for making this melt in mouth Lebanese dessert at home. I substituted bread slices instead of fillo sheets. Bread snacks and bread desserts are pretty easy to make and delicious too. This dessert using bread is also one among the same. Quite easy to make and is really delicious in each bites. Here white bread slices are flattened, stuffed with cheese, rolled, deep fried and then dipped in flavored syrup. Sugar syrup is flavored with rose water and orange blossom water. As I don't have orange blossom water, I skip the same. You can use thick cream or ashta cream ( made with cornflour and condensed milk ) instead. Hey sweet lovers, this dessert recipe or sweet recipe with bread is for you. You can attract your guests with this inviting and attractive sweet. Hope you all like this lebanese dessert and do try at home atleast once. Drop your feedback and please subscribe my channel Ayesha's kitchen if you like my videos .
INGREDIENTS
Bread slices - 5 nos, white bread
Cream cheese cubes - 3 nos
Pistachio powdered - as required
Oil for deep frying
SUGAR SYRUP
Sugar - half a cup
Water - half a cup
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Rose water - 1 tbsp
Orange blossom water - 1 tbsp, i skip this
For sealing the ends
Maida / All purpose flour - 2 tbsp
Water - 1 tbsp
PREPARATION
Please watch the video below
- Prepare the sugar syrup and set this aside ready. Heat sugar and water in a pan. Once sugar melts and starts boiling, simmer the flame for 5 minutes. Then add lemon juice and rose water . Off the flame. No need of reaching one string consistency.
- Trim the sides of the bread. Flatten it out using a rolling pin. Cut the cheese cubes lengthwise and then place inside the flattened bread slice.
- Roll them tightly. Apply some maida mixture along the sides and press tightly so that it will stick thorougly.
- Repeat the same with the remaining bread slices and then freeze it for 5 minutes wbich helps the bread to absorb very less oil only while frying.
- Now heat veg oil or sunflower oil in a pan. Once hot, make the flame to medium and then fry these bread rolls until Golden. Do not fry over high or low flame.
- Once done transfer it to a plate and then dip it in the warm syrup.
- Do not dip the bread rolls in the syrup for long. Just for 1 minute and trasfer it to a plate.
- Immediately coat both the extremities with pistachios powdered.
- Serve hot.
