Description
Delight your taste buds with these decadent Dubai Chocolate Balls filled with a luscious pistachio kunefe center. A perfect blend of textures and flavors that will leave you craving for more!
Ingredients
Scale
Kataifi Pastry:
- 7 ounces kataifi pastry (kunefe)
Filling:
- 1/3 cup butter
- 5.3 ounces white chocolate
- 1.5 teaspoons neutral-tasting vegetable oil (optional)
- 5.3 ounces natural pistachio butter or roasted unsalted pistachio nuts
- 1 pinch of salt
Coating:
- 14.1 ounces dark chocolate, melted and tempered
- 3 tablespoons chopped pistachios for decoration
Instructions
- Prepare Kataifi Pastry: Chop kataifi into small pieces and fluff thoroughly. Toast in butter until golden and crispy. Let cool.
- Make Filling: Melt white chocolate with optional oil. Stir in pistachio butter and salt. Let cool.
- Combine: Mix toasted kataifi with pistachio cream until combined. Refrigerate if needed.
- Shape Balls: Form small balls from the mixture and freeze until firm.
- Coat in Chocolate: Dip frozen balls in dark chocolate, roll to cover, sprinkle with pistachios, and let set.
Notes
- To make pistachio butter, blend roasted unsalted pistachios until smooth.
- Tempering the dark chocolate ensures a shiny finish.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 chocolate ball
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 10mg
Keywords: Dubai Chocolate Balls, Pistachio Kunefe, Chocolate Dessert, Middle Eastern Sweets
