Dubai Chocolate Filling Paste — 4.5 kg / 9.9 lbs

In 2021 a small Dubai chocolatier filled a bar with pistachio cream and toasted kadayif. Within three years that single idea had rewritten confectionery menus from Istanbul to Los Angeles, and every pastry chef on the planet was suddenly trying to source the filling. This is that filling, in a bucket.

It is pistachio cream blended with crispy roasted knafeh — the shredded pastry threads that give Dubai chocolate its signature sound. The hard part of this product is not the flavour, it is the texture: kadayif goes soggy the moment it meets moisture. This paste is built so the threads stay crisp inside the cream, which is the whole reason the original went viral.

Use it as a bar filling, a croissant or bombolone centre, a layer in an entremet, or a bonbon shell filling. It pipes cold, holds its shape, and does not weep into the surrounding crumb.

Making this from scratch means sourcing pistachios, toasting kadayif to the right colour, and blending to a stable emulsion — a half-day of prep for a result that varies every time. At 4.5 kg (9.9 lbs) a bucket and four buckets to a case, this is the version that lets you put Dubai chocolate on the menu tomorrow rather than next month.

• Net Weight — 4.5 kg / 9.9 lbs per bucket
• Buckets per case — 4 (18 kg / 39.6 lbs)
• Flavor — Pistachio cream with crispy kadayif
• Best for — Pastry shops, chocolate manufacturers, dessert prep, wholesale