🇸🇾 Syria
Qatayef
Syrian qatayef asafiri: small, half-open, kissed with ashta and pistachio, eaten by the dozen.
🔪 Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 20 min📈 Difficulty: Medium
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Asafiri style: unfried, half-sealed cones of soft pancake with ashta peeking out.
Ingredients
- 300 gflour
- 1 tspyeast and a pinch of baking powder
- 400 mlwarm water
- 400 gashta cream
- 50 gpistachios
- 300 mlsyrup with blossom water
Method
- 1
Whisk the batter and rest until bubbly.
- 2
Ladle small rounds on a dry pan; cook one side only until the surface dries.
- 3
Pinch each round half-closed into a cone.
- 4
Fill with ashta, dip the opening in crushed pistachio.
- 5
Drizzle with syrup just before serving.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6