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Authentic Fetir meshaltet Recipe Egypt, Africa
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Introduction & history
This flaky layered pastry can have a multitude of different fillings, both sweet and savory, but it can also be made plain, the flavor coming from the sweet and savory sides served with the pie, such as honey, molasses, tahina, clotted cream ishta, cheese, and powdered sugar. The dough is made with just flour, water, and salt, but can also include sugar and baking powder, depending on the recipe. Once the dough is made, it is divided into portions and left to rest in ghee anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour. Then, professional fetir makers would spin and slap the dough against the surface until it fans out to a paper-thin sheet of dough. However, home cooks, typically roll out the balls of dough on a greased surface until paper thin — alternatively, the dough can also be stretched out with hands. Each sheet of dough is then slathered with ghee, and if there is a filling, such as beef, cheese, halwa, and raisins, it is put in the center of one sheet of dough which is folded, so ... Read more
Cooking tips
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alternative method
An alternative way of assembling a fetir is to first roll out the dough to a long rectangle which is then smeared with ghee and rolled into a roll that is then cut up into smaller pieces. The pieces are then refrigerated for up to two hours and then first, rolled out to small squares that are then stretched out by spinning and slapping the dough against a surface. -
dough
The recipe, for the most part, is standard, just flour, salt, and oil, although some recipes also call for the addition of sugar and baking powder. Traditionally, the dough is slathered with ghee, but butter, or the more affordable margarine and oil are often used instead. -
filling
The filling can be sweet or savory. Some of the more popular fillings include raisins, Nutella, honey, Kraft cheese and eggs, beef, Kraft cheese and honey, and many more.
Recipe variations
Fetir Meshaltet
PREP 45min
COOK 20min
READY IN 1h 5min
This recipe is adapted from www.lacucinadicrista.blogspot.com.
Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 cup water, lukewarm
salt, as needed
ghee (or, oil)
Preparation
Step 1/9
Mix flour, salt, and water in a large bowl until it comes together, then knead for 15 minutes until it falls off the hands easily.
Step 2/9
Divide the dough into three pieces. Shape them into balls, then place them in a bowl and pour them over with melted ghee.
Step 3/9
Let the dough rest like this for 15 minutes.
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Once 15 minutes have passed, put one ball of dough on a kitchen surface (marble or a stainless steel surface would be ideal), then stretch it out using just your hands until you get a paper-thin sheet of dough.
Step 5/9
Smear the sheet of dough with ghee, then fold the dough from so the sides overlap and make a square.
Step 6/9
Next, do the same with the second ball of dough, but after smearing the sheet of dough with ghee, place the packet of dough in the center of the sheet of dough and then fold the sides of the sheet of dough that's underneath, so the packet of dough is completely wrapped.
Step 7/9
Repeat the previous step with the third ball of dough as well.
Step 8/9
Bake in an oven heated to the maximum until golden and crisp.
Step 9/9
Serve hot, either as a sweet dish, meaning powdered with sugar, or with honey and Nutella on the side, or as a savory dish, sided with feta cheese and meat.
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