Easiest Way to Make Perfect Cheese Fatayer

Cheese Fatayer. Great discounts and savings on top home brands. Lebanese cheese fatayers are savory pastries found throughout the Middle East. They can be triangular in shape or cigar-shaped (like the recipe below.) Fatayer are middle eastern little pockets filled with all sorts of fillings.

Very tasty filled with almost anything you want, but this feta, and mint combination makes the Fatayer irresistible. A cheese turnover with feta, ricotta, a handful of fresh herbs and scallions. This easy recipe uses the food processor and store-bought flaky biscuit dough to make a delicious Middle Eastern Fatayer. You can cook Cheese Fatayer using 13 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cheese Fatayer

1. Prepare of All purpose flour.
2. Prepare of dry yeast.
3. Prepare of warm milk.
4. It's of sugar.
5. Prepare of salt.
6. You need of soft butter.
7. It's of warm water to make the dough.
8. Prepare of more milk to brush the fatayer.
9. It's of For stuffing.
10. It's of & 1/2 cup feta cheese.
11. It's of chopped parsley.
12. It's of chopped mint.
13. It's of oregano/thyme.

As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases. How to Cook Cheese Fatayer Add the flour in a large bowl. Pour the milk, sugar, dry yeast, and olive oil. Start kneading until you obtain a smooth and elastic dough.

Cheese Fatayer instructions

1. In half cup of warm milk add sugar and yeast. Keep aside for 5 to 8 minutes to activate the yeast..
2. In a big mixing bowl pour flour and add salt and butter. Mix well..
3. Make a hole in the centre of the flour and pour the activated yeast..
4. Mix slowly with a spatula to incorporate..
5. Now slowly add warm water to make a soft dough. Don't add all the water at a time. Add slowly and mix. You may not need all the water to make the dough..
6. Now knead the dough for 5 minutes. Rub some oil to the dough and cover it. Keep it in a warm place for an hour or till the dough becomes double in size..
7. In the meantime make the filling. Mix feta cheese with chopped parsley, mint and oregano/thyme and keep aside..
8. After an hour take out the dough in a work place or kitchen platform and knead well by stretching and folding method for 10 minutes. This will help to make a soft pastry..
9. Divide the dough into half. Take the 1st half and roll into a rectangle 1/2 inch thick sheet..
10. Spread half of the filling over the sheet and roll it to form a log..
11. Cut the log in to 1.5 to 2 inches length, or less according to your choice. Brush with milk..
12. Using a wooden stick or back side of a ladle make an indentation or dent in the middle of each piece..
13. Pre heat the oven at 200 degree Celsius for 10 minutes..
14. Place each piece of fatayer in a baking tray and place them in the middle rack of the oven..
15. Bake them for 20 to 25 minutes or till golden brown..
16. Let them cool down and enjoy..

Cheese Fatayer or cheese turnovers are Arabic cheese filled pastries. These are filled with almost anything you want, but this cottage cheese and mint combination makes the Fatayer irresistible. You can use any other kind of cheese like mozzarella, ricotta or any other kind that you feel will fit your taste. Crumble the feta cheese in a bowl, add the mozzarella cheese, egg, onion seeds and parsley and mix. Roll out the balls in an oval shape and place a tablespoon of the cheese mixture in the middle.