Inheriting a Lost Legacy Located in Little Palestine, just southwest of Chicago, is a pastry shop continuing a legacy that began back in 1896. Knafa Kataifi prepares several types of Knafeh from scratch, but is most famous for their Knafeh Nabulseyeh, made with golden brown fine pastry dough, stretchy Nabulsi cheese, and soaked in sweet sugar syrup. However, a recent addition has been added to their menu, Knafa Arabiya, a savory version of Knafeh that substitutes cheese with nuts, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Uncommon even when Gaza still stood, this desert was barely, if at all, affordable for the residents of Gaza, and almost impossible to get through Israel's border restrictions. This recipe was adopted from The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey , as a form of remembrance of one of the most famous Gaza sweets shop, Abu Al Saoud, or Saqallah's sweet shop, whose family home was bombed by an Israeli air raid in 2023 ju...
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