Kanafe is the most heavenly Syrian Dessert....the combination of the ricotta cheese, buttery crispy phyllo dough and the fragrant rose and orange blossom water syrup makes me swoon. This is my grandmother's recipe and I videoed her making kanafe in 1986. Ten years later, my mother wanted to make Kanafe for my son's Bar Mitzvah and we did not have an accurate recipe...so we popped in the video and was able to capture Grandma Abadi's recipe and her technique! Now I have prepared the Kanafe and will bake it next week in honor of the birth of my grandson! - Joy Betesh

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