Qatayef is an Arabic dessert, a filled and folded pancake roughly the thickness of a Scottish crumpet, sometimes described as a sweet dumpling, made from a batter of semolina flour, flour, sugar, and yeast poured onto a hot surface and cooked on one side before being filled and folded. Fillings include a sweet unsalted cheese mixed with chopped nuts such as hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, or pistachios, dried fruit, powdered sugar, or a whipped cream called qishta, and the folded pancakes may then be fried, baked, or eaten fresh. The dessert is strongly tied to Ramadan in Arab countries, where it appears in markets and bakeries almost exclusively during that month and is eaten daily after iftar and sometimes at suhoor. Its history is often linked to the Fatimid era, though written records trace it back further to the Abbasid Caliphate of 750 to 1258 CE, including a tenth century cookbook describing versions prepared for caliphs. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Qatayef is an Arabic dessert, a filled and folded pancake roughly the thickness of a Scottish crumpet, sometimes described as a sweet dumpling, made from a batter of semolina flour, flour, sugar, and yeast poured onto a hot surface and cooked on one side before being filled and folded.
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It is a type of sweet dumpling filled with cream and nuts, or a filled folded pancake with a thickness similar to a Scottish crumpet.
- In Cuisine: Lebanese Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
- In Cuisine: Middle Eastern Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
Uses Ingredient: Flour, infobox main_ingredient field
Semolina flour, flour, sugar, yeast<ref name="aljazeera2015">{{cite news |title="القطايف" و"الخروب" عنوان موائد الغزيين في رمضان |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/misc/2015/6/27/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86 |access-date=24 February 2026 |work=Al Jazeera |date=2015 |language=ar}}</ref>
Uses Ingredient: Sugar, infobox main_ingredient field
Semolina flour, flour, sugar, yeast<ref name="aljazeera2015">{{cite news |title="القطايف" و"الخروب" عنوان موائد الغزيين في رمضان |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/misc/2015/6/27/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86 |access-date=24 February 2026 |work=Al Jazeera |date=2015 |language=ar}}</ref>
Uses Ingredient: Yeast, infobox main_ingredient field
Semolina flour, flour, sugar, yeast<ref name="aljazeera2015">{{cite news |title="القطايف" و"الخروب" عنوان موائد الغزيين في رمضان |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/misc/2015/6/27/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86 |access-date=24 February 2026 |work=Al Jazeera |date=2015 |language=ar}}</ref>
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Although some believe that qatayef originated in the Fatimid Caliphate (909?1171), their history dates back to the Abbasid Caliphate, 750?1258 CE.
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