Fatayer or Spinach Pie is a pizza-like foods eaten by the people of the Mediterranean. simboseh and fatayer are baked or sometimes fried doughs stuffed with minced meat and cooked onions or snobar (pine nuts).Fatayer is usually folded into triangles and unlike simboseh, it could be filled with spinach or za'atar.
Recipe
easy dough - see dough recipe 8 cups spinach 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped tomato 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 tsp citric acid 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/4 tsp sumac 1/2 cup corn meal flour to roll out dough olive oil spray or brush to finish pies
Combine the 8 cups of washed spinach with 1/2 tsp salt and let sit for 15 minutes, if using baby spinach do not chop, if using regular spinach then chop up first. Drain and squeeze out water from spinach and place in a bowl. Add next seven ingredients to spinach and combine. Roll out dough balls to 1/16 inch thickness and 6 inches in diameter, place 1 to 2 tbs of spinach mixture in middle and close dough like a triangle. Sprinkle corn meal on baking sheet and place triangles on sheet. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees, place pies in oven and cook for 8 minutes, then take them out and spray or brush them with olive oil, place back in oven for another 8 minutes. Serve warm or cold.
Hi Dede...I have the same question as some. Do you cook the spinach down first? Or did you just wash it and chop it? Thanks for your help!
ajacks
- Cheese Fatayers
|68.79.89.xxx
|2010-01-31 15:30:53
I have purchased cheese fatayers at an arabic bakery. These are not the sweet ones, they are baked open face and then folded in half. Can you tell me which type of cheese is used to make them and could you post instructions how to make them? Thank you
justina1947
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|2009-11-14 17:15:44
Hi Dede,
I am a little confused on the spinach. Did you cook that down?
Thanks, Justina
M4P
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|2009-06-22 13:23:06
Hello DEDE,
I have a question..Can you fry this dough to make a meat pie(sambusak) Thank you!! BTW this is the best site ever..I have tried the attayef, knefeh, & shawarma it was delicious..Now I just made the Dough I am going to make zaatar pie I am pretty sure it's going to taste g8t once again thank you!!!!!
DedeMed
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|2009-06-27 20:44:12
Yes, you can definitely use this dough for frying as well It will make wonderful sambousik
Eva
- Question
|24.192.182.xxx
|2009-06-07 14:36:26
Hi Dede,
I am so glad I found the spinach pie recipe here, I will be trying it soon, I usually buy them from a middle eastern market but they are a little costly. I can make them using your recipe for way less. The ones I buy do not usually have tomatoes in them, but they have feta cheese I believe. I do not like tomatoes, can I add feta instead and how much would I have to add. Thank you for your great vids and please keep them coming
DedeMed
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|2009-06-13 18:40:23
HI Eva,
You can definitely omit the tomatoes and add about 1 cup of crumbled feta, it will still taste amazing
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