Qataieyf- قطايف
By: Mimi Cooks
Published: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 5:42am

Ingredients




3 cups flour
3 cups Milk
1 teaspoon instant yeast
Filling of your choice
sugar syrup

Preparation

1 Mix all ingredients; cover and leave in a warm place for one hour. 2 Pour batter ontp a hot pan (just like you do with pancakes) and cook one side. Fill with a mix of walnut and sugar, sweet cheese, or another filling of your choice.  3 Oil a pan and add some butter pieces on top of the Qataieyf and bake in a 350 degrees F oven until crisp and brownish in color 4 Pour cold sugar syrup on top of it the minute you get it out of the oven.

About


Atayief (or Qatayief ) is the king of sweets in Ramadan and only made during this holy month as the main dessert.
Atayief is pancake-like dough filled with all kinds of things, such as milk pudding, full cream, white cheese and walnuts. I got couple of variations for the fillings; one is vanilla caramelized banana and the other is cinnamon apple. I think those are easy to prepare and no need to list the recipe since they are so easy to prepare!
You may also fry the qataieyf in hot oil; it should take only few minutes to fry, then repeat the sugar syrup step and serve hot.
Of course the main sweetener for most Middle Eastern sweets is Sugar Syrup .