Fatayer
also called fatayer · fatayir · fitiyir · fatayer sabanekh · spinach fatayer · spinach pies · spinach triangles · sabanekh · Lebanese spinach pie
- Shawarma Counter
- serves 8
- about 2 hr 45 min
- Dumplings & Rolls
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The table
| 3 cups(390 g)all-purpose flour | knead 8 min with yogurt and oil | prove 1 1/2 hr until doubled | fold into triangles, pinch hard | bake at 400°F 20 min |
| 1 1/2 tsp(5 g)instant yeast | ||||
| 1/3 cup(80 g)whole-milk yogurt | ||||
| 1/4 cup(60 mL)olive oil | ||||
| 1 1/2 tsp(9 g)fine sea salt | ||||
| 3/4 cup(180 mL)warm water | ||||
| 1 lb(450 g; chopped)baby spinach | salt the spinach 20 min, wring it dry | dress with lemon, sumac and onion | ||
| 1 tspkosher salt | ||||
| 1 small(diced fine)yellow onion | ||||
| 2 Tbs(30 mL)lemon juice | ||||
| 1 Tbs(7 g)ground sumac | ||||
| 2 Tbs(30 mL)extra-virgin olive oil | ||||
| 2 Tbspine nuts | ||||
| 1/2 tspblack pepper | ||||
| 1 Tbs(15 mL)olive oil | ||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.16 things to get out.
Pans and tools
1knead 8 min with yogurt and oil
2salt the spinach 20 min, wring it dry
4dress with lemon, sumac and onion
goes in with what step 2 made
6bake at 400°F 20 min
goes in with what step 5 made
Cooking it
Start to finish is the longest chain through the table, so branches that overlap are counted once. That is why the waits add up to more than the clock — and it only holds if you get them going together.
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 1 hr 58 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- 8 minof the steps that give a time
2 of the 6 steps never say how long they take, so both numbers are floors. The recipe itself says 2 hr 45 min.
knead 8 min with yogurt and oil
8 minneeds youfrom the start
salt the spinach 20 min, wring it dry
20 minwalk awayfrom the start
prove 1 1/2 hr until doubled
1 hr 30 minwalk away8 min in
dress with lemon, sumac and onion
not timed20 min in
fold into triangles, pinch hard
not timed1 hr 38 min in
bake at 400°F 20 min
20 minwalk away1 hr 38 min in
- needs you
- you can walk away
- never timed
Drawn to scale, so a long wait really does take up the room it takes. The shortest stretches keep a sliver so they stay visible; their times are printed beside them. Bars that line up are happening at the same time.
You'll need oven
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See how it is written
>> title: Fatayer
>> category: Dumplings & Rolls
>> tags: spinach, yeast, sumac, lebanese, oven, hand pie
>> counters: Shawarma Counter
>> aka: fatayer, fatayir, fitiyir, fatayer sabanekh, spinach fatayer, spinach pies, spinach triangles, sabanekh, Lebanese spinach pie
>> pairs-with: labneh, sumac-onions, pita-bread
>> servings: 8
>> time: 2 hr 45 min
>> step.1: knead 8 min with yogurt and oil
>> step.2: prove 1 1/2 hr until doubled
>> step.3: salt the spinach 20 min, wring it dry
>> step.4: dress with lemon, sumac and onion
>> step.5: fold into triangles, pinch hard
>> step.6: bake at 400°F 20 min
Knead @all-purpose flour{3%cups}(390 g), @instant yeast{1 1/2%tsp}(5 g), @whole-milk yogurt{1/3%cup}(80 g), @olive oil{1/4%cup}(60 mL), @fine sea salt{1 1/2%tsp}(9 g) and @warm water{3/4%cup}(180 mL) ~knead{8%min} to a soft, satiny dough. The yogurt and the extra oil are here for one reason: this dough gets folded into a sharp corner three times and a lean bread dough cracks along every one of them.
Prove @&(~1)dough{} covered ~prove{1 1/2%hr}, until doubled.
Salt @baby spinach{1%lb}(450 g; chopped) with @kosher salt{1%tsp} and ~drain{20%min}, then take it up in a cloth and wring it until almost nothing more comes out. A fatayer leaks along its seams if the spinach is wet, and it leaks in the oven where you cannot fix it.
Dress @&(~1)wrung spinach{} with @yellow onion{1%small}(diced fine), @lemon juice{2%Tbs}(30 mL), @ground sumac{1%Tbs}(7 g), @extra-virgin olive oil{2%Tbs}(30 mL), @pine nuts{2%Tbs} and @black pepper{1/2%tsp}. Sour is the point — sumac and lemon both, and more than feels sensible, because the dough around it is plain.
Roll @&(~3)proved dough{} into five-inch rounds, mound @&(~1)spinach filling{} in the centre of each, and fold three sides up over it into a triangle, pinching each seam hard from the point inward. Pinch dry, with no filling caught in the seam, or it will open.
Bake @&(~1)folded triangles{} brushed with @olive oil{1%Tbs}(15 mL) on a lined sheet in the #oven{} at 400°F (200°C) ~bake{20%min}, until the seams are gold and the bases are firm.