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Feteer Meshaltet (Egyptian Layered Flaky Pastry)

Name: Feteer Meshaltet (Egyptian Layered Flaky Pastry)
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Egypt
Ingredients: 500 g unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 tbsp granulated sugar; 1 tsp fine sea salt; 300 ml lukewarm water (adjust as needed); 180 g samna baladi (Egyptian clarified butter), softened; 60 g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature; 60 ml vegetable oil (for resting and stretching dough); 3 tbsp Egyptian qashta (clotted milk cream) for topping

Paper-thin sheets of laminated dough folded with Egyptian clarified butter, baked blistering hot into an airy, flaky golden disk.

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The story

Referred to as 'feteer feteer' in temple inscriptions, this pastry was offered to Pharaonic gods alongside honey and cheese. In rural Upper Egypt and the Nile Delta, baking feteer for visiting guests is the ultimate gesture of generous hospitality.

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