Katayef - Pancakes stuffed with walnuts
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| Servings | Prep Time |
| 8serves | 2hours |
| Cook Time |
| 20minutes |
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Katayef - Pancakes stuffed with walnuts
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Instructions
Batter
- Blend yeast with sugar and 60 ml of the warm water in a small bowl.
- Stir to dissolve.
- Sift flour into medium mixing bowl and make a well in the center.
- Pour remaining water, salt and yeast mixture into well.
- Stir with mixing spoon until well blended.
- Use whisk to remove any lumps.
- Cover bowl with kitchen towel and let rise for 1 hour in warm place.
- The batter will expand and the surface will become bubbly.
- 2. Heat a heavy frying pan over medium heat and lightly grease with oil.
- While pan is heating, beat the batter a little bit with a whisk.
- If batter is too thick, add a few extra tablespoons of water. Using a measuring cup, pour 60 ml of batter to make one pancake. Using the measuring cup spread the batter into a circle.
- Pancakes should be approximately 10 cm wide. Bubbles will start to form on the top. Pancake is done when the top becomes dry.
- Cook on one side only. Place finished pancakes browned side down on a clean dish towel to cool. Stack on a plate and cover until ready to use.
Stuffing the pancakes
- Combine nuts, sugar and cinnamon.
- Fold a pancake in half (cooked side on the outside). Pinch at the corners to make a pocket. Spoon approximately 1 tablespoon filling into the pancake. Bring edges together and pinch firmly all around to form a crescent. Arrange in one layer on a shallow baking pan. At this point, the stuffed pancakes can be covered and set aside for several hours until time to bake.
- Preheat the oven at 180°C. Brush the stuffed pancakes on both sides with melted clarified butter and bake. For softer pancakes, bake for 15 minutes on each side and 10 minutes for crispier ones.
- To make the sugar syrup: Bring water and sugar to a boil until sugar is completely dissolved. Cool to room temperature.
- While still hot, briefly dip the stuffed pancakes one by one into the sugar syrup. Arrange on a serving platter and serve warm with extra sugar syrup on the side.
Recipe Notes
Contributor: Fatme Khalaf, 74
Place: Bethlehem, Palestine.
Personal Background:
Housewife
| Recipe’s Personal Background | How did you learn this recipe? | My grandma showed it to me. |
| Is there some memory/historical event connected to this recipe? | It is prepared during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. Its shape looks like the moon, which is a very important time reference for the Ramadan month. | |
| Personal reference to tradition transmitted by relatives (preparing together, sharing, eating together etc.)? | We serve it with coffee after having a good meal, also after breakfast or sometimes as dessert. | |
| Mediterranean Background | Any tradition this receipe is connected to? If yes, which one? Can you describe it? | As said before, it is really connected to the Ramadan celebration. Moreover, its shape looks like the moon, which is really important to determine the Ramadan period. |
| Any Festivity this recipe is connected to? If yes, which one? Can you describe it? | These pancakes are connected to Ramadan; they are consumed during the holy Month of the Hijra Calendar. | |
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Is your recipe connected to the territory you live in? Is it strictly linked to the specificity of the agricultural environment? | No, it is only connected to the Ramadan. | |
| Season (season this food is linked to) | It is consumed during the Ramadan month and in the summer time. |
| Ingredient | Nutritional Importance | Health Benefits |
| Flour | Amount Per 100 grams • 364 Calories • 76 g Carbohydrate • 2.7 g Dietary fiber • 1 g Total Fat • 0.2 g Saturated fat • 0.4 g Polyunsaturated fat • 0.1g Monounsaturated fat • 10 g Protein |
Flour considerably lowers the hazards of heart diseases |
| Walnuts | Amount Per 1cup,ground (80g) • 523 Calories • 11 g Carbohydrate • 5 g Dietary fiber • 52 g Total Fat • 4.9 g Saturated fat • 0 mg Cholesterol |
Good for weight loss, Induces sleep, prevent heart disease & diabetes, prevents cancer |
| Sugar | Amount Per 1 serving 1 cube (2.3 g ). • 9 Calories • 2.3 g Carbohydrate • 0 g Dietary fiber • 0 g Total Fat • 0 g Saturated fat • 0 mg Cholesterol • Protein 0 g |
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| Yeast | Amount Per 1 tbsp (12 g) • 39 Calories • 0 mg Cholesterol • 6 mg Sodium • 115 mg Potassium • 0.9 g Total Fat • 0.1 g Saturated fat • 0 g Polyunsaturated fat • 0.5 g Monounsaturated fat • 4.9 g Carbohydrate • 3.2 g Dietary fiber • 4.9 g Protein |
It is healthy for Blood Sugar |
