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Cheese Fatayer

Pastries and baking

Cheese Fatayer

This wonderful cheese fatayer recipe can be prepared ahead of time, frozen, and then cooked when needed.

Total time30 min
Prep10 min
Cook20 min
Yield2 servings
DifficultyEasy
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Recipe tags

Pastries and bakingInternationalVegetarianNut freeEgg freeEasyQuick cook

Ingredients

  • 1 kilo flour
  • 3 tablespoons milk powder
  • 1/4 cup corn oil
  • A pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt
  • Water as needed for the dough ... Filling: halloumi cheese, with 1 tablespoon cornstarch added so the cheese holds together and does not leak out during frying...
  • Recipe and method for cheese fatayer from the friend and cook of the What Are We Cooking Today site:
  • Rina Abdullah
  • Click on Rina's name to visit her personal page on our site and discover her delicious recipes
  • To make spinach fatayer with a healthy and delicious homemade recipe, here is the following link: Spinach Fatayer with Walnuts, Pomegranate, and Whole Wheat Dough

Method

  1. Mix the dough ingredients and let it rest for a while.
  2. Roll out the dough and cut it into small circles. Let them rest briefly as well, then start working with them. You can roll out the entire dough and cut circles using a round cup, or divide the dough into small circles and work on them individually, حسب الرغبة.
  3. Place a little filling in each circle and seal well.
  4. You can decorate the fatayer with sesame and black seeds, with 2 eggs beaten and brushed over the fatayer before sprinkling the sesame and black seeds on top...
  5. Bake the fatayer in a preheated oven for about 12 minutes at most, or until lightly browned.
    Timers: 12 min

Notes and serving ideas

  • Spinach Fatayer with Walnuts, Pomegranate, and Whole Wheat Dough
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