afoona
Stuffed Katayef
Desserts

Stuffed Katayef

Ready-made katayef discs, filled with sweet cheese, folded into half-moons, fried on both sides and topped with cold syrup while hot. Here based on the recipe itself, with no verified source.

⏱ 12 min🧩 3 parts
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Sugar Syrup

  1. 1
    Bring the sugar and water to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer 5 minutes, until the sugar melts and the syrup thickens slightly.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  2. 2
    Add the lemon juice.
    💡The lemon keeps the sugar from crystallizing again.
  3. 3
    Cool completely.
    💡Cold syrup on a hot pastry soaks in evenly.

To assemble

  1. 4
    Place a spoonful of filling on each katayef disc, fold into a half-moon and press the edges to seal.
    Spoon / teaspoon (regular)
  2. 5
    Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the katayef for 2 minutes per side.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  3. 6
    Pour the cold syrup over the hot katayef and serve right away.
685calories
19 gprotein
112 gcarbs
19 gfat
● protein 11%● carbs 65%● fat 24%

Per serving (374 g), of 4 servings

For the Sugar Syrup · To assemble ·

A button hides that part of the recipe, in print too. Another click brings it back. The choice is kept for this recipe.

⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

🧩 Parts

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Sugar in the filling · Rose water in the filling
  • Frying minutes per side: 2

⇄ Alternative recipes

Basbousa · Baklava · Zalabia and Sfenj · Knafeh · Semolina Halva in Syrup · Yeast Cake in Syrup (Savarin) · Semolina and Cheese Pastry in Syrup

📚 Recipes built on Stuffed Katayef

Cheese-Filled Qatayef

🛒 Shopping list