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Fatteh Recipe (breakfast Casserole)
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Fatteh is a breakfast casserole that incorporates protein, carbohydrates and fiber for a filling breakfast/brunch dish. It is served with a great tahini yogurt sauce. It is very popular in Lebanon and Syria for breakfast. (sauce) 2 cups Dede's Mediterranean/Greek Yogurt 4 cloves minced garlic 1/2 cup lemon juice 1/2 cup tahini paste 1 cup water 1/2 tsp salt (meat) 1 lb ground beef 1/4 lb ground lamb 1/2 tsp black pepper 1 tsp salt 3 tbs olive oil 3 toasted pita's 1 16oz can chick peas 3 tbs chopped parsley 1/3 cup melted browned butter 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts Directions For sauce, in a large bowl combine ingredients with a whisk and set aside. For meat combine beef, lamb, salt and pepper and shape into small meat balls. Preheat a pan, add 3 tbs olive oil and cook until browned. Toast pitas in a preheated 450 degree oven, until brown and crisp, for about 10 minutes, crush into bits and set aside. In a pot warm the chick peas for 5 minutes. To assemble, in a large casserole dish place pita on the bottom, then layer in the chick peas (sprinkle with salt, optional), then the meat and top with yogurt mixture. Garnish with parsley, pine nuts and butter. Serve warm.

Fatteh Recipe (breakfast Casserole)

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Yield: 4-6
Level: Medium

(sauce)

(meat)

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/4 lb ground lamb
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 tbs olive oil

Directions

For sauce, in a large bowl combine ingredients with a whisk and set aside. For meat combine beef, lamb, salt and pepper and shape into small meat balls. Preheat a pan, add 3 tbs olive oil and cook until browned. Toast pitas in a preheated 450 degree oven, until brown and crisp, for about 10 minutes, crush into bits and set aside. In a pot warm the chick peas for 5 minutes. To assemble, in a large casserole dish place pita on the bottom, then layer in the chick peas (sprinkle with salt, optional), then the meat and top with yogurt mixture. Garnish with parsley, pine nuts and butter. Serve warm.
Fatteh Recipe (breakfast Casserole)
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(sauce)

(meat)

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/4 lb ground lamb
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 tbs olive oil

Directions

For sauce, in a large bowl combine ingredients with a whisk and set aside. For meat combine beef, lamb, salt and pepper and shape into small meat balls. Preheat a pan, add 3 tbs olive oil and cook until browned. Toast pitas in a preheated 450 degree oven, until brown and crisp, for about 10 minutes, crush into bits and set aside. In a pot warm the chick peas for 5 minutes. To assemble, in a large casserole dish place pita on the bottom, then layer in the chick peas (sprinkle with salt, optional), then the meat and top with yogurt mixture. Garnish with parsley, pine nuts and butter. Serve warm.


Fatteh is a breakfast casserole that incorporates protein, carbohydrates and fiber for a filling breakfast/brunch dish. It is served with a great tahini yogurt sauce. It is very popular in Lebanon and Syria for breakfast.
Thanx again, you're great.
By: exa0
yes, just check out my Kibbeh recipe, in it you will see that I show how to make the yogurt sauce or you can use my yogurt sauce recipe from my shish barak recipe as well, just go to DedeMed.com
By: dedemed
Thanx Dede, but could ask a favour of you, I can't seem to find a good yoghurt sauce recipe for the stuufed kibbe rolls, so could you point me in the right direction, much appreciated sweety. Thanx again.
By: exa0
you are so welcome :)
By: dedemed
Loved it, Dede, thanx.
By: exa0
yeay!
By: dedemed
Thanks a lot dede I made it today and it tasted awesome! Yummmmm
By: heba sagban
well it is slightly warm because of heating the chickpeas, but you can also slightly heat the yogurt.
By: dedemed
Hey, dish looks good but I was wondering if there are versions with the whole dish being warm. I was in Syria ages ago and had it once at a restaurant for dinner and once as a lunch at a locals' home (in Lattakia) and both were warm and I always thought the chickpeas were cooked in the yogurt somehow. This version also didn't include meat. Have you come across this or have any advice on making something like it? I know there must be hundreds of versions out there!
By: Fluffyfor1life
nope, this one is not made with rice, I use rice when I make the chicken fatteh, recipe coming soon :)
By: dedemed
No rice?
By: plasticine1999
labneh is Kefir cheese, it is Mediterranean yogurt but strained to make a nice creamy cheese spread.
By: dedemed
Is the mediterranean yogurt, labneh?
By: Moonburst1357
the authentic fatteh is made with the tahini and laban, the recipe is correct and how most Lebanese restaurants make it :)
By: dedemed
wonderful! did you check out my site for other recipes?
By: dedemed
Dede, you are amazing! I'm Lebanese, and my gf (who is American) and I always default to your videos for traditional Lebanese recipes... Keep it up!
By: Jon Haider
yes definitely :)
By: dedemed
Hi Dede can I use low fat liquid laban instead yogurt??Thanks.
By: 2221971
 Thanks, it turned out great.
By: AZA417
it's pretty much the same thing, just boil a while chicken, remove the bones and use chicken instead of beef :)
By: dedemed
yes they were drained for the most part, the written recipe is on my site :)
By: dedemed
When you cooked the chick peas, did you drain them? It looked like there was water with them as you added them. Thanks, can't wait to make this.
By: AZA417
lol very cute :)
By: dedemed
the tahini is just ground sesame seeds, check out my tahini from scratch recipe. for the chick peas you need to boil them with water.
By: dedemed
looks very very nicy cant wait to try it, just a couple of questions 1. is you tahini concentrated or is it the paste diluted with water? 2. to cook the chick peas, do you cover the peas with water and boil or steam them with a little water?
By: thasnaps
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