Fatayer
Appearance
Alternative names | Fitiir |
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Type | Meat pie |
Place of origin | Lebanon |
Region or state | Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Palestine, Syria, Israel |
Main ingredients | Meat, spinach, cheese or Za'atar |
Fatayer, Petaeer (Template:Lang-ar)is a meat pie that can alternatively be stuffed with spinach (Template:Lang-ar), or cheese (Template:Lang-ar) such as Feta or Akkawi. It is part of Lebanese cuisine and is eaten in Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia,Kuwait and Israel.[1] In Argentina, fatayer are also popular as a variety of empanada, called empanada árabe.
See also
- Curry puff
- Sfiha
- Empanada
- Samosa
- Lahmacun
- Uchpuchmak
- Börek
- Chebureki
- Bougatsa
- Pogača
- Knish
- Cantiq
- Pierogi
- Pirozhki
- Spanakopita
- Hamantash
References
- ^ Labensky, Steven; Ingram, Gaye G.; Labensky, Sarah R. (2001.) "Webster's New World Dictionary of Culinary Arts. Prentice Hall. p. 166.