Fatayer
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| Type | Meat pie |
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| Place of origin | Levant |
| Region or state | Lebanon,Syria,Jordan,Palestine,Iraq,Egypt,Yemen |
| Main ingredients | Meat,spinach,cheeseorza'atar |
Fatayer(Standard Arabic:فطائر,romanized:faṭāʾir;Levantine Arabic:فطاير,romanized:faṭāyir;sg.فطيرة,faṭīra) aremeat piesthat can alternatively be stuffed withspinachorcheesesuch asfetaorakkawi.[1]They are part ofLevantine cuisineand are eaten inLebanon,Syria,Palestine,Jordan,Iraq,Egypt,Kuwait,Saudi Arabia,andYemen.[citation needed]Fatayer are also popular inArgentina,where they are considered a variety ofempanadaunder the nameempanadas árabes(sg.empanada árabe), and inBrazil,where they are known asesfihas fechadas( "closedsfihas",sg.esfiha fechada).[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Labensky, Steven; Ingram, Gaye G.; Labensky, Sarah R. (2001.)"Webster's New World Dictionary of Culinary Arts.Prentice Hall. p. 166.
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