Fay’s Kataifi Cream Rolls

Ingredients

Base ingredients

• 1 pkt of kataifi dough
• 200g butter, melted (7 ounces)

For the custard

• 950g/ 33.5 ounces milk, divided in 700g/ 24 ounces and 250g/9.5 ounces
• 300g sugar (10.5 ounces)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3–4 egg yolks, depending on the size of the eggs
• 250g all-purpose flour (8.8 ounces)
• 50g butter, at room temperature (1.8 ounces)
• 1/3 of a cup heavy whipping cream (cold)
• 1 tbsp icing sugar

For the syrup

• 500g sugar (17.6 ounces)
• 400g water (14.1 ounces)

To prepare these amazing kataifi  pastries , start by making the syrup. In a pan add the sugar and water and bring to the boil; the syrup is ready, as soon as the sugar dissolves. Leave aside to cool down for a while.

1. Unroll the kataifi from the plastic sleeve and place on a working surface and shred it to make sure all is fluffy and loose take a hand full of kataifi and wrap it around a well buttered cone and with cooking brush drizzle with melted butter.
2. Fold one corner to form a triangle and continue folding the triangle upon itself, until the entire piece of karaifi is used.
3. Continue with the rest of the kataifi in batches until all of the cones a filled and buttered well.
4. Line a large baking tray with parchment paper, place the kataifi  trolls  on top and brush them with melted butter. Bake in preheated oven at 160C for about 30 minutes, until nicely coloured.
5. As soon as you turn them out of the oven, dip them in the cold syrup, turning them sides; remove with a slotted spoon and set aside to cool down.
6. Prepare the custard for the pastries. In a pan add 700g/ 24 ounces milk, the sugar and vanilla extract to bring to the boil.
7. In a bowl add 250g/ 9.5 ounces milk and the egg yolks; whisk to combine. Add the flour in the bowl and whisk to combine. As soon as the milk comes to the boil, remove from the heat and ladle slowly 1/3 of the milk into the flour mixture and whisk.
8. Place the pan with the milk again on the stove and turn the heat down to medium. Add the flour mixture into the pan with the remaining warm milk; whisk continuously, until the mixture has thickened and is smooth and creamy. Remove the pan from the stove, add the butter and stir.
9. Pour the custard in a large tray, cover with some plastic wrap (the plastic wrarp should be touching the custard, so that it doesn’t form a crust) and place in the fridge to cool.
10. Put the cold heavy cream into a mixer’s bowl, add the sugar and beat into whipped cream.
11. Remove the custard from the fridge, add the whipped cream and fold gently to combine.
12. Using a pastry bag, fill the kataifi rolls with custard and garnish chopped nuts. Enjoy!