Craving Dubai’s Viral Kunafa Chocolate? Here’s How You Can Make It At Home!

It’s not too long ago that the famous kunafa chocolate by Fix Dessert Chocolatier in Dubai broke the internet. Soon several variations having stemmed up from the OG chocolate bars! These bars are filled with gooey Kunafa folded in pistachio cream, the internet can not have enough of it. And as tempting as these chocolate bars look, we are not surprised that the trend doesn’t seem to be dying down any soon. However, if you can’t wait for them to deliver these iconic bars to your doorsteps, how about you make it for yourself at home?

Viral Dubai Kunafa Chocolate Recipe

If you cannot wait for this chunky chocolate bar to be delivered to your doorstep, then you might want to follow this recipe by Flowwow! Yes, the recipe lets you make them at home. Inspired by the Arabic dessert, knafeh, this viral chocolate bar is quite simple to make at home if you have all the ingredients. Before you can whip up this chocolate bar at home, here’s all the ingredients that you will need:

• Milk chocolate (we recommend tempering it)
• Pistachio paste (or any other nut paste of your choice)
• Phyllo pastry or kataifi (finely shredded puff pastry)
• Edible food colouring for decoration

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Steps To Make It At Home

Once you have ensured that you have all the aforementioned ingredients at home, make sure to carefully melt the chocolate in a bain-marie or microwave. However, you must stir it occasionally. After this, you must fry the phyllo pastry in butter until it’s gold and crispy. Now the pastry must be mixed with the pistachio paste and you can even add nuts to it but make sure that they are finally chopped and toasted first.

After this, using a mould with a high side, make sure that you carefully pour the chocolate in. Once you’ve drained the excess and the coat has set, Add the pistachio-rich filling to the mould. Now you must cover it with another layer of chocolate before letting it set again.

After your chocolate bar has been set, make sure to carefully take it out of the mould before you can enjoy the crunchy and decadent dessert with your loved ones. The steps aren’t that difficult, are they? Well, if you follow the steps and the ingredient list carefully, we are sure that you are going to love the result as well.

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