Middle Eastern Pastry
Phyllo so thin you can read through it. Knafeh that arrives at the table while the cheese is still pulling. Baklava cut to the shape of the tray. The pastry is built for sharing.
Featured middle eastern pastry recipes
- Baklava, walnut and rose syrup — Iris · Damascus · Forty sheets of phyllo, walnut between, rose-water syrup poured warm.
- Knafeh nabulsi, cheese under shredded phyllo — Iris · Nablus · White cheese under shredded phyllo dyed orange. Soaked in syrup, sprinkled with pistachio.
- Ma’amoul, date-filled semolina — Iris · Beirut · Semolina shortbread pressed in a wooden mold around dates. Baked pale.
- Sambousek, cheese half-moon — Iris · Beirut · A semi-circle of dough around white cheese. Baked or fried.
- Znoud el-sit, lady’s arms — Iris · Tripoli · Phyllo rolled around cream, fried, dipped in syrup. The Lebanese north.
- Qatayef, Ramadan stuffed pancake — Iris · Cairo · A pancake stuffed with cheese or nuts, folded, fried, soaked. Ramadan only.
- Fatayer za’atar, herb pocket — Iris · Tripoli · A folded triangle of dough with za’atar, sumac, olive oil. Children’s lunch.
- Barazek, sesame-pistachio cookie — Iris · Damascus · A flat round, sesame on one side, pistachio on the other.
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