DISH RESEARCH · Bread
Feteer Meshaltet
Also known as: فطير مشلتت
Thinly stretched dough folded into rich layers and baked into rounded pastry.
About Feteer Meshaltet
Feteer meshaltet is an Egyptian layered pastry associated in Amira Ibrahim's account with countryside home cooking. Thin sheets of dough enclose one another, building a rounded pastry from repeated folds.
Her rendition uses all-purpose flour, water and salt, with unsalted butter and oil between the layers. The butter also finishes the baked surface, giving richness to the soft, folded interior and browned top.
Honey, molasses and the salty Egyptian cheese called mesh are traditional accompaniments described by the author. Powdered sugar is another optional finish for serving the pastry.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Feteer Meshaltet
Amira Ibrahim's Egyptian feteer meshaltet with butter and oil.
- All-purpose flourBase
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- Unsalted butterCooking medium
- OilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- HoneyAccompaniment
- MolassesAccompaniment
- Mesh cheeseAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
- Powdered sugarFinish · Optional
- Granulated sugarSweetener · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- All-purpose flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual44/70 ordinary allpurpose wheat flour; broader wheatflour candidate.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual45/71/76/77.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual46/72/76.
- Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual73 original buttercard plus50/52-54/80/83-90 coating/betweenfolds/finish consolidated.
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual74 genericoil used withbutter as originalcard, species unknown; not imagined butter-only/ghee substitute union.
- Honey: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual57/94 named traditional serving accompaniment.
- Molasses: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual57/94 genericmolasses, not forced cane/dates/grape subtype.
- Mesh cheese: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual57/94 explicitly verysalty Egyptian cheese, full exact product/formula unprovided.
- Powdered sugar (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual58 explicitly alternative optional finish.
- Granulated sugar (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual92 named optional dough addition retained, not mandatory.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Egypt
- EgyptCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Egyptian Cuisine
- Egyptian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.