كلاج- Stuffed Filo Dough
This recipe is truly delicious and unique! You will absolutely love this crunchy filo dough, stuffed with cozy walnuts, stretchy cheese and smothered in a sweet sauce.
Ingredients
- Filo dough the amount needed depends, see note
- 1/2 cup melted butter or canola/ mazola oil
For the cheese filling
- 4 pieces ground mistaka مستكة
- 2 cups shredded cheese sweet, syrian, mozzarella or nabulsi
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 can of labenese cream or ashta/ ishta
For the walnut filling
- 1 cup crushed walnuts (not finely crushed)
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tbsp cinnamon
For the "syrup"
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 tsp rose or flower water
- squeeze of half a lemon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 415°F of 200°C and prep 2 8/13 pans or trays.
- Start by combining all the ingredients needed for each filling (each one is seperate) You can choose to make only one. Prep your Filo dough and melt your butter.
- Before you start, in a sauce pan combine the sugar and water for the sauce and heat until it boils. Then, add in your lemon juice and flavoring and let it boil unil it is a sticky but runny sauce.
- Add in some filling to your dough (shown in photo above) make a line about an inch this with the filling at the short side of the dough. Smother the dough generously with the melted butter and roll. Put it into your pan. Once you have finished filling a tray brush the top generously with butter.
- Bake easy filling seperately as easy bakes at a different timing. (Cheese for 20-25 minutes and walnut for about 15. or just bake it until golden brown). When it is frech out of the oven, pour the sauce on top (don't worry it will still be crunchy) And let it cool.
Notes
-Make sure to pour the syrup over when hot.
-You can use butter or oil, it down not matter.
Enjoy, and make sure to let us know what you think.
--Numnum :)