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Dubai Strawberry Cup Recipe


Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Middle Eastern
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 3 people
Dubai strawberry cups jars next to each other. One is made with pistachio cream and the other is made with Nutella.
Make the viral Dubai Strawberry Cups right at home with our step-by-step guide and TWO flavor options! Everyone is raving about the fresh and crunchy layers of this dessert recipe.

Ingredients  

Instructions

  • Add 4 ounces Kataifi (shredded fillo dough) to a large bowl and crush into fine pieces about ½-inch in length (I find it easiest to do this with my hands).
    Kataifi dough being crushed into smaller pieces in a mixing bowl.
  • Melt 3 tablespoons salted butter over medium-low heat in a large skillet and add the kataifi.
    Kataifi in a pan with melted butter.
  • Reduce heat to low and stir often until golden brown.
    Kataifi dough being toasted in a skillet.
  • Using the bowl the dough was just in, add 7 ounces pistachio cream, 2 tablespoons tahini sesame paste, and ¼ teaspoon salt to a medium bowl and mix together.
    Tahini and pistachio paste in a mixing bowl.
  • Pour the toasted kataifa into the pistachio mixture and stir until evenly coated. Let sit to cool while you prepare the strawberries.
    Pistachio coated katafi dough for Dubai desserts in a mixing bowl.
  • Wash and dry 21 strawberries. Set 3 whole strawberries aside. Cut the stems off the remaining strawberries and cut them into quarters. Add 12 quarters to the bottom of three 12-ounce cups or two 16-ounce cups.
    Chopped strawberries on a cutting board.
  • Melt 5 ounces dark chocolate melting wafers at 30-second intervals, stirring between each one until fully melted. Drizzle one tablespoon of melted chocolate over the strawberries in each cup.
  • Sprinkle some of the 2 tablespoons chopped pistachios over the drizzled chocolate.
    Melted chocolate drizzled over chopped strawberries in a jar.
  • Add 2 scoops worth of the kataifi mixture on top of the pistachios and gently press it down to reach the sides of the cup.
    Katafi pistachio filling in a jar with strawberries.
  • Repeat this process with another set of layers.
  • Dip the 3 reserved strawberries in the remaining melted chocolate and place on top of the cups. Drizzle the tops with the remaining chocolate, then sprinkle on the remaining crushed pistachios.
    Close up of a jar filled with Dubai Strawberry cup mixture.

Notes

  • Instead of a whole strawberry, you can also use more chopped strawberries.
  • You can add an additional 1 to 2 ounces of pistachio paste or Nutella to make the kataifi mixture more gooey.
  • I love mixing raspberries in with the strawberries!
  • Strawberries will vary in size; for testing, we used Driscoll's strawberries, and more were medium to large. If strawberries are smaller, you may want to add more.
  • We used dried kataifa from Amazon, but you could use frozen too, just chop it up well.
  • I use this style cup, 12-ounce and 16-ounce, and the lids make them great for storing and sharing.
Find it online: www.sugarandsoul.co/dubai-strawberry-cup/