Qatayef with different types of cheese and its healthy way
Qatayef is considered one of the Ramadan sweet dishes, which are elaborately made. Although it is primarily a dessert dish, some people prepare it as an appetizer. In this article, we present to you how to make Qatayef with cheese in different ways, so follow us to learn the method in addition to the healthy way to prepare it.
Qatayef with cheese
You can prepare Qatayef with cheese at home with a delicious and easy recipe, which we explain to you as follows:
setup duration 30 Accurate
cooking time 18 Accurate
9 Individuals
the ingredients
- A quantity of ready-made Qatayef is about 18 pieces, or
- 3 cups of Qatayef syrup (Qatayef sherbet).
- 1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese (you can substitute goat cheese or mascarpone cheese)
- 3 tablespoons of mozzarella cheese.
- An amount of sugar equivalent to 3 tablespoons.
- A splash of vanilla.
Modus operandi Qatayef with cheese
- We prepare the cheese filling by mixing the cheese, sugar and vanilla until the mixture blends well.
- We put the mixture in the fridge for a while until it holds together before using it.
- Then we prepare the ready-made Qatayef dough and put a tablespoon of cheese filling on the white part of the Qatayef.
- We close the qatayef with our fingers, without pressing the filling area so that it does not come out.
- Fry the qatayef in heavy oil for 3 minutes on each side, or until golden.
- We take out the Qatayef from the oil and put it in the syrup so that you can absorb it.
- We take out the Qatayef from the syrup and put it on a net until we get rid of the excess sherbet.
- We put it in the serving dish and decorate it as desired with nuts or cinnamon.
Qatayef stuffed with kiri cheese
If you are a fan of kiri cheese or cream cheese in general, then this recipe will be suitable for you to prepare in Ramadan as a wonderful dessert dish.
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cooking time 10 Accurate
5 Individuals
the ingredients
- 10 pieces of ready-made qatayef on the filling.
- 10 pieces of kiri cheese.
- One tablespoon of ground sugar.
- Two cups of diameter.
- Crushed nuts to decorate as desired.
Preparation steps
- The Kiri filling is prepared by mixing the cheese with the powdered sugar until smooth.
- Stuff the qatayef with cheese, about a tablespoon each.
- We fry the qatayef in abundant oil.
- We put the qatayef in the sherbet until it is fully absorbed.
- We take out the Qatayef from the syrup and decorate it with crushed nuts as desired.
Qatayef with akkawi cheese
Akkawi cheese is one of the most commonly used types of cheese when wanting to make Qatayef with cheese, due to its distinctive and unique taste. Follow us to know the recipe in detail.
setup duration 20 Accurate
cooking time 20 Accurate
8 Individuals
the ingredients
- A quantity of ready-to-use Qatayef dough is about 16 pieces.
- An amount of syrup (Sharbat Qatayef) equals approximately two cups.
- A cup of sweet Akkawi cheese.
- A tablespoon of sugar.
- Half a tablespoon of cinnamon.
- Half a spoonful of orange blossom water.
- frying oil.
How to prepare
- We dry the Akkawi cheese from the water well using kitchen paper.
- In the event that sweet Akkawi cheese is not available, it can be replaced with regular cheese, but it must be soaked in water for 24 hours before using it to get rid of the salt in it, then dry it well.
- After drying the cheese, add sugar, cinnamon and blossom water to it until we get the cheese filling.
- Take one of the Qatayef and place it on the palm of your hand, and put two teaspoons of the Akkawi cheese mixture in the middle.
- We apply Qatayef to the filling, pressing the edges with our fingers or a fork, but we must make sure that we do not put a large amount of filling.
- We cover the stuffed qatayef with a clean kitchen towel until we finish the rest of the quantity, so that the qatayef does not dry out.
- We put the oil on the fire until it boils, then we start frying the qatayef until it gets a golden color.
- We put the qatayef on kitchen paper to absorb the excess oil.
- We put the qatayef in the syrup, then we take it out of the syrup, and it is served warm.
Qatayef with mozzarella cheese
Some people like to use mozzarella cheese as a filling for Qatayef, and if you are among them, then this recipe is definitely for you.
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cooking time 20 Accurate
8 Individuals
the ingredients
- The same ingredients as the Qatayef recipe with Akkawi cheese.
- We replace the Akkawi cheese with mozzarella cheese.
How to prepare
- The recipe is prepared by repeating the same steps as in the Akkawi recipe.
- We replace the cheese with mozzarella cheese in the filling that we prepare.
- We repeat the same steps as we stuff the qatayef, fry it and put it in the sherbet.
There are some people who prefer to use mozzarella as a salty filling. If you are one of them, you should dispense with the syrup, sugar, cinnamon, and blossom water, and make a filling of mozzarella, cheddar cheese, and olives, or you can make another filling of mozzarella by mixing it with green pepper, thyme, and feta cheese, and fry it. And served hot.
Qatayef with healthy cheese
Do you want to make Qatayef with cheese, but want a healthy way to do it, then here is the recipe for you.
setup duration 20 Accurate
cooking time 30 Accurate
8 Individuals
the ingredients
- It is prepared using the same ingredients as the Qatayef with Cheese recipe that we mentioned at the beginning.
- Replace the ricotta cheese with low-fat ricotta cheese or unsalted cottage cheese.
- Replace the mozzarella with low-fat mozzarella cheese.
- We replace regular sugar and use stevia sugar.
- We replace the syrup with the healthy syrup made from natural honey or stevia sugar.
Preparation steps
- We prepare the cheese filling by mixing ricotta or cottage cheese with low-fat mozzarella, stevia sugar and vanilla.
- Stuff the qatayef with cheese, and place it on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- We paint the qatayef with municipal ghee or a little oil and put it in the oven.
- Leave the qatayef in the oven until it turns golden.
- We take out the Qatayef and put it in the healthy sherbet.
Now, at the end of our article on how to make Qatayef with cheese with different types of cheese, we remind you that it is better to use cheeses that contain low calories, and we advise you to eat moderate amounts to maintain your health.
