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Qatayef/Kataif/Qata’if or Taş Kadayıf is an Arab dessert generally served during the month of Ramadan. It can be described as a folded pancake, usually filled with cream, walnuts, and cinnamon, or pistachios. It is so addictive! Please hold yourself for 3. Ok, 4. You know what? 5 and that’s it.
Small pot
Food processor
Bowl
Whisk
Pan
Ladle
Towels
Brush
Prepare the simple syrup: In a pan add water, sugar, and lemon juice. Cook on medium heat until the sugar has dissolved in the water into a syrup. Set aside to cool down.
Prepare the filling: Grind the pistachios in a food processor in pulses until you get crumbles, stop before it turns into a pasty texture.
Prepare the pancakes: In a bowl, add all the dry ingredients and mix well.
Add the water and whisk until you get a smooth, homogenous batter (avoid flour lumps).
Heat a pan on medium-high heat. Add butter to the pan, using a paper towel- spread it all over to create a minimal coating layer.
Using a ladle pour the batter on the pan. We cook the pancakes on one side. We know they are ready when the top part has almost completely dried out.
Remove pancakes from the pan and place in between 2 towels to steam them. Keep them in between the towels for a couple of mins, it will result in soft pancakes that will be much easier to close to Kataif.
Working on one Kataif at a time- take one pancake and fold it on itself. Close one side by pinching the pancake on the edges.
Fill the pocket that has been created with 1 teaspoon of ground pistachios. Don’t put too much filling otherwise it will tear the Kataif. Keep pinching all the way to close the Kataif to a moon shape.
Back to the pan- add a nice amount of butter and pan-fry the Kataif on both sides.
Remove from the pan and brush with a great amount of syrup.
Decorate with ground pistachios on top.
YASSS!
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