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.
Linda Fedorczak
|98.100.168.xxx
|2008-12-06 13:34:34
Hi again,
Another question for a party 12/13. How much of the preparation for the fatayer can be done ahead? Can they be filled early in the day and baked later. Can they be partially baked, the first 8 min, refrigerated, and finish baking later to serve hot, or is it best to serve cold? Can they be make the day before and reheated?
Hi Linda,
Well some people like them cold, some people like them warm, I like them cold. You can bake them the morning of or make them the day before and serve them with some sliced lemons. You can can also make the filling and dough a day in advance as well. I would suggest half baking them b/c they could get soggy, bake them completely. Let me know if you have any other questions
Yes, you can definitely make them smaller for appetizers, one recipe should be enough for eight people if you are serving it as an appetizer or side dish
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