What Is Kataifi and How Can I Use It?

If kataifi has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 3 recipes to try it in.

Recipes using kataifi

There are 3 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Phyllo Easter Nests

Phyllo Easter nests filled with a cinnamon-walnut mixture and topped with candy eggs. A playful Easter dessert made with shredded kataifi phyllo, perfect for brunches and egg hunts.

Shrimp Porcupines

Shrimp porcupines: large shrimp wrapped in shaggy kataifi pastry threads and fried golden, served on a bed of bright purple cabbage-mayonnaise sauce. A showstopping appetizer with serious crunch.

Kataifi Me Krema (Shredded Pastry with Custard)

Try something new for dinner with this side dish made with corn flour, kataifi and a pinch of cinnamon.

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