This looks sooooooo good. I guess I will just have to try it and see if “Seeing Is Believing”. Bet it is. Here’s the recipe. Try it and let us all know what you think.

So what is Fatayer? Here is an explanation from Wikipedia.

Fatayer is a meat pie pastry that can alternatively be stuffed with spinach (sabaneq), or cheese (jibnah). It is part of Middle Eastern cuisine and is eaten in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and other countries in the region.

Source: Cooking Guide by Tmatem دليل الطبخ and Chef Sara Mohamed Abdel Salam

Dough Ingredients:
5 c All-Purpose Flour (you’ll need extra to adjust the texture of your dough and for dusting the work surface)
3 T Powdered Milk
3/4 c Vegetable oil
2 c unflavored Yogurt
I packet Instant Yeast (about 10gm)
1 pinch of Sugar
1 T Warm Water
1 t dry Oregano
1 t Salt

Filling Ingredients:
Haloomi cheese
Mozzarella
Mushrooms
Sliced Olives
Salami
Dry oregano
Pinch of salt
Black pepper
Smoked red pepper powder
Just a tiny bit of olive oil

Directions:
1). Mix the yeast, sugar and warm water together and leave aside.
2). In your mixer add all dry ingredients (flour, powder milk, oregano, salt) and mix them together.
3). Add your wet ingredients (yeast, oil & yogurt) and mix well until a dough is formed, add as much flour as you need to adjust the texture of your dough till you have a very soft dough that doesn’t stick to your fingers.
4). Cover your dough and leave it in a warm place to rest for about 30 minutes.
5). For the filling, just mix all your ingredients together.

-6). Now, it’s time to get creative! 🙂
Form your dough in any shape you like and just fill it with your filling and bake it in 170ºC (338ºF) till it gets light golden on the top. I brushed the top of my fatayer with some egg wash (just an egg, pinch of salt and a very little water).

– You can also get creative with your filling and mix any ingredients you like and just fill it with all this deliciousness 😉
Enjoy! 🙂

Your turn!