Dubai Chocolate Pistachio Kunafa Bars
The social media sensation that put Dubai on the food world map in 2024 — bars of milk chocolate filled with a crunchy toasted kataifi pastry (shredded filo) mixed with pistachio cream and tahini, creating an extraordinary texture contrast: snappy chocolate shell, crunchy shredded pastry and rich creamy pistachio filling.
- Total
- 50 min
- Serves
- 8
- Level
- Medium
Prep 20 min · Cook 30 min
Ingredients
Method
Toast kataifi: pull the shredded pastry apart into strands. Cook in butter in a pan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until golden, crispy and fragrant (8–10 minutes). Cool completely.
About 5 min
Filling: mix toasted kataifi with pistachio cream, tahini, icing sugar and rose water.
About 14 min
Melt and temper milk chocolate. Line a bar mould or silicone rectangle mould with a thin layer of chocolate; set in the fridge.
About 14 min
Fill the chocolate shell with the pistachio-kataifi mixture, pressing down firmly.
About 14 min
Pour remaining chocolate to seal the base. Set in the fridge 30–40 minutes. Unmould. Drizzle with white or dark chocolate decoration.
About 3 min
Nutrition per serving (estimate)
- Calories
- 420
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 36 g
- Fat
- 28 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 26 g
- Sodium
- 80 mg
Contains: dairy, nuts, sesame
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Recipe by Boon Tools.