Kunafa - Bird's Nest Pastry

1 pack of kutaifi (Middle East style of very fine vermicelli or shredded phylo dough)

1 cup clarified butter

18-24 pieces whole almond or whole pistachio

About the image above: Kunafa borma

Grease a tray with clarified butter. On the table, gently loosen the kutaifi (vermicelli), with your fingers, form the vermicelli to a small bird’s nest and arrange them on the greased tray. Repeat the sequence until all of the vermicelli formed into a small bird’s nest. Place almond or pistachio to every nest and baked it in the oven until golden browns in the surface, about 25-30 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with syrup. Serve the kunafa while it warm or you need to warm up before serving

About the image above: vermicelli for kunafa

About the image above: 'kataifi' vermicelli packaging

For the syrup

1 kilogram sugar

½ kilogram water

200 grams glucose

1-2 pieces juice of lime

Combine the ingredients and dissolve them in a pot over the heat slowly. Take out from the heat after the sugar dissolved.

Helpful Hints

If you need more sweet you should allow sprinkling more syrup.