🇪🇬 Egypt
Feteer Meshaltet
Villagers have welcomed guests with feteer since the pharaohs left offerings of layered bread in temples; a countryside hostess still measures her honor by how thin she can stretch the dough.
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Dough stretched over the arms until translucent, folded over ghee again and again — served with honey and qishta, or eaten plain with aged mish cheese.
Ingredients
- 500 gflour
- 1 tspsalt
- 300 mlwarm water
- 200 gghee, melted
- 2 tbspoil for resting
- to tastehoney and qishta to serve
Method
- 1
Knead a soft dough, divide into balls, coat in oil, and rest until fully relaxed.
- 2
Stretch each ball on an oiled surface until translucent — thin enough to read through.
- 3
Brush generously with ghee and fold into a square; repeat with a second sheet wrapped around the first.
- 4
Bake at 220°C until puffed and deeply golden.
- 5
Serve torn at the table with honey, qishta, or salty old cheese.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6