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Instagram Post 12\/13\/2018<\/h4>\n

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\nHaving recently done a post about a hearty meal we enjoyed in Brooklyn\u2019s Middle Eastern neighborhood, Bay Ridge, I thought it appropriate to follow up with a coda about dessert. We hit two bakeries that day (there are many more), partly in a quest to see who made the better kanafeh.<\/p>\n

Kanafeh, also spelled knafeh, kunafa, (there are many more), but always reliably \u0643\u064f\u0646\u0627\u0641\u0629, is hypersweet and made with sugar syrup-drenched crisp shredded dough that conceals rich delights like clotted cream or cheese and is often topped with chopped nuts. You\u2019ll recognize it easily: Picture a large pizza positioned on its round aluminum pan; now increase its size by, oh, half again as much; now instead of pizza toppings, picture finely shredded noodle-like dough so orange in hue that it would put a fresh carrot to shame; now forget that I said anything about pizza, it\u2019ll only be confusing, but you\u2019ve got the picture.<\/p>\n

At Cedar\u2019s Pastry and Ice Cream Shop, 7204 5th Ave, we tried two different kinds of kanafeh (there are many more), [1] mastic\/ashta, the hands down winner by my standards, and [2] cheese.<\/p>\n

[3] At Nablus Sweets, 6812 5th Ave, where the pans are square \u2013 picture Sicilian pizza, now forget I said that \u2013 we chose one with cheese and a different topping (there are many more) but I wish we had plumped for one of the other varieties as well.<\/p>\n

Perhaps one day I\u2019ll bring a few friends and we\u2019ll do a proper smackdown of all the varieties because, as you\u2019ve no doubt discerned…there are many more.
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