...the magic of a sweet taste of honey, nuts, pistachios and cinnamon closed together in a magic Arabian candies.... the magic of light in the night; the warm light shining form a magic window, the magic of music, the magic of spices scent... the magic of 1001 Nights....
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recipe realized by myself in my kitchen

INGREDIENTS:
450g kataifi dough (16 oz.)
250g walnuts, roughly chopped (9 oz.)
1 tsp ground cinammon
a pinch ground clove
250g butter from cow’s milk (9 oz.)

For the syrup
450g sugar (16 0z.)
330g water (12 oz.)
peel of 1 lemon
1 cinnamon stick

Decoration:
pistachios

METHOD:
To make this Kataifi recipe, start by preparing the syrup. Add all the ingredients for the syrup into a small pot and bring to the boil. As soon as the sugar has dissolved, the syrup is ready. Leave the syrup aside to cool completely.
Prepare the filling for the Kataifi. In a blender add the walnuts, ground clove and cinnamon; pulse until the walnuts are roughly chopped (not powdered). Although the walnut filling is the most common, lots of kataifi recipes also add pistachios and almonds. So it’s up to you to decide.
Melt the butter and with a cooking brush butter the bottom and sides of a baking pan. (approx. 26-28cm diameter)
Unroll the Kataifi dough from the plastic sleeve. Work the kataifi dough with your hands, tearing apart the shreds and gently spreading the strands out a bit if they clump together, in order to get fluffy. Cover the Kataifi dough with a slightly damp towel.
Take one piece of the kataifi dough, and spread it on a working surface or on your palm. Drizzle with melted butter and place 1 teaspoon of the filling at one end. Roll it up tightly, folding inwards the sides, to form a small cylinder. Place the kataifi roll in the pan and brush with melted butter, using the cooking brush to shape it a little bit. Repeat with the rest of the kataifi dough and filling. Place the kataifi rolls the one next to the other, leaving no gaps between them and drizzle with a little bit more butter.
Bake the kataifi in preheated oven at 170-180C for about 1 hour (on the middle rack), until nicely coloured and crispy.
As soon as you turn the kataifi out of the oven, ladle slowly the 3/4 of the cold syrup over the for kataifi, enabling each ladle to be absorbed. Cover the pan with a towel and set aside for 10 minutes. Ladle the rest of the syrup over the kataifi and wait until absorbed.

I SUGGEST YOU:
Prepare the syrup about 6 hours earlier, in order that cinnamon and lemon can leave their flavor to the sirup;
Prepare the candies about 48 hours before serving in order that the pastry can absorb the syrup.

DONE.....
TRY,AND....
♨ Buon appetito!! ♨
♨ bon appétit!! ♨
♨Enjoy!! ♨
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Arabian calligraphy: qatayef
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“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera…
They are made with the eye, heart and head.”
Henry Cartier Bresson
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... one day a Dear Friend of mine asked me "a rose a day"...

... WHAT MAKES AN ACTION, A THING, A SPECIAL ONE, IS LOVE, CREATIVITY, FEELINGS, SENSATIONS, IMAGINATION...
THIS IS MY WORLD....
SO A ROSE IS NOT A ROSE, IT IS WHAT WE WISH TO SEE INSIDE IT...
THIS IS THE REAL DREAM....
A DREAM WHERE EVERYTHING IS MAGIC AND PEFECT....

╭︵╮ ℛℴડa
( (໑) )≻▾━▴━▾━❥
╰︶╯TAKEN IN MY GARDEN
These roses ARE NOT RED, they are deep pink and it is very difficult to capture their color with the direct sun light because their color become red to human eyes as well as to the camera... eye....
╭︵╮ ℛℴડa
( (໑) )≻▾━▴━▾━❥
╰︶╯ALL ROSES I SHARE WITH YOU ARE TAKEN HERE
www.flickr.com/photos/mep-photoart/14170300703/
IN MY GARDEN
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“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera…
They are made with the eye, heart and head.”
Henry Cartier Bresson
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Arrivederci Sardinia,
land of blue sea
where water has the same color of sky
land of strong wind
land full of history
land of great traditions
land of beauty
where nature is magic and magic is nature
where everything is magic...
Arrivederci,
wait for me next Summer...
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AT THE END OF MY VACATION IN SARDINIA,
I GIFT TO ALL MY FRIEND
THIS MAGI FLOWER WHICH IS ABLE TO GROW AND LIVE ON THE SAND AND UNDER THE STRONG SUN...
ITS NAME IS "Pancratium maritimum"
for more informations:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancratium_maritimum
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"AJO'" IS THE TIPICAL WAY TO SAY "HALLO" IN SARDINIA
SO .... AJO' TO EVERYONE....
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“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera…
they are made with the eye, heart and head.”
[Henry Cartier Bresson]
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... WHAT MAKES AN ACTION, A THING, A SPECIAL ONE, IS LOVE, CREATIVITY, FEELINGS, SENSATIONS, IMAGINATION...
THIS IS MY WORLD....

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“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera…
they are made with the eye, heart and head.”
[Henry Cartier Bresson]

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Please don't use any of my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission.

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... WHAT MAKES AN ACTION, A THING, A SPECIAL ONE, IS LOVE, CREATIVITY, FEELINGS, SENSATIONS, IMAGINATION...
THIS IS MY WORLD....

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“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera…
they are made with the eye, heart and head.”
[Henry Cartier Bresson]

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Please don't use any of my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission.

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