About this dish
Small folded pancakes filled with nuts or sweet cheese, a Ramadan dessert staple.
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Ingredients
🌾2 cups flour
🌰1 cup ground walnuts
🍬1/4 cup sugar
🍯1 cup sugar syrup
Method
Serves 21
Make a thin batter from flour, yeast, and water, and let it rest.2
Cook small rounds on a hot griddle on one side only, leaving the top slightly moist.3
Fill each round with a spoonful of sweetened ground walnuts.4
Fold and pinch the edges closed, leaving a decorative crimp.5
Fry or bake until golden, then dip in sugar syrup.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Qatayef is a traditional Levantine dessert, especially popular in Jordan during Ramadan for breaking the fast.
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