Apr 9, 2021 · Fatayer are Middle Eastern savory pies with many popular fillings and toppings, the most favored being cheese, meat, and spinach. I like to say that fatayer are to Arabs what empanadas are to Spaniards or calzones to Italians. These pies symbolize much more than just mouthwatering bites of food.

Jul 19, 2017 · Today I am sharing one of the anchors of my memories with you: my grandmother’s recipe for Zaatar fteer. This simple looking bread packs a real flavor punch. It is layered with green zaatar leaves, onions and sumac. All those beautiful flavors play against a …

Palestinian pastry mostly made in spring, which is the official season of collecting fresh wild thyme. It is a flat bread, oily but crunchy, stuffed with fresh zaatar leaves, onions and sumac and akawi cheese.

In this recipe, fatayer balls are filled with cheese, green zaatar (Thyme) and garnished with sesame seeds and Nigella Sativa Seeds. To prepare the filling: In a bowl, mix white cheese with green thyme and olive oil. On a floured surface, spread the dough, then cut it into equal circles.

Dec 9, 2011 · You need only add olive oil. But it is easy enough to make your own zaatar mix at home. My favorite is simply thyme and sesame seeds with salt and olive oil.

Mar 22, 2012 · Lebanese spinach pies, or fatayer, are among those special foods that send us into total reverie, perhaps one of the finest bites in the Middle East!

Za’atar (pronounced zah-tar) is a variety of wild thyme, "thymbra spicata", with long green leaves and thyme distinctively sharp thyme-like flavor. It is native to the Levantine Region and cannot be cultivated.

Fatayer is a pastry that contains either meat or is stuffed with spinach, or cheese such as feta or akawi. It is part of Arab cuisine and is eaten in Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and other Arab countries.

Nov 7, 2013 · Zaatar bread also known as “fatayer fallahi” which means villagers’ pie, is a typical Palestinian pastry mostly made in spring, which is the official season of collecting fresh wild thyme. It is a flat bread, oily but crunchy, stuffed with fresh zaatar, onions and sumac.

Green fresh thyme- 300g; Onion- 600gm; Zaatar leaves- 150gm; Sumac powder- 100g; Salt- to taste; Olive oil- 100g; Roasted nuts- ¼ cup; Tomato- ¼ cup; Green & black olive- ½ cup; How to prepare Zaatar Fatayer? Prepare the dough in a mixing bowl and add the flour, salt and sugar; Mix the yeast with water