Kadayif (pastry)

Kadayif
Kadayif strings in a bakery
Alternative namesKadayıf
Kadaifi
Kataifi
Cataife
TypeDessert,Pastry
Place of originMiddle East
Associated cuisineLevantine, Balkanic, Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Armenian
Serving temperatureWarm
Main ingredients
VariationsMultiple

Kadayif (Arabic: قطائف) is a both a sweet spun Middle Eastern dessert, and a type of shredded filo pastry dough[1] popular in the Balkans and Levant, used for various Middle Eastern desserts.

Preparation

Kadayif is made from fine dough threads ("string kadayif") with a filling of milled almonds or walnuts and sugar syrup. This filling is seasoned with vanilla sugar and then wrapped in the dough threads. After baking and cooling, it is soaked in lemon sugar syrup.[2]

Etymology and history

The word kadayif is the plural of the Arabic qatifah (قطيفة) 'velvet'. The shredded dough is called knafeh/kunafa (كنافة) in Arabic, which is also a dessert similar to kadayıf but stuffed with cheese.[3] The name first appears in an Ottoman translation of Al-Baghdadi's 13th century cookbook Kitab al-Tabikh, as translated by Muhammed bin Mahmud Şirvani, a 15th-century Ottoman physician.[3] According to oral tradition in Diyarbakır, the first kadayif vendor in the city was an Armenian shop owner named Agop.[4]

A version filled with walnuts or pistachios flavored with cinnamon was traditionally served by the Sephardic Jewish community of Jerusalem during Rosh Hashanah and Purim.[5]

Varieties of kadayif and its usage

There are many recipes and desserts using Kadayif with some of them being documented in the first Ottoman printed cookbook, Melceü't-Tabbâhîn.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "How to Make Kataifi Dough (a.k.a. Shredded Filo Pastry) at Home". What to cook today. 18 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Kadaif: A Sweet & Crispy Dessert (Kadayif) Recipe". Cakies. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  3. 1 2 "Kadayif (Kataifi-Kadaif) – Thin strips transform into a sweet, crispy dessert". Dishes: Origins.
  4. ↑ Ertaş, Kasım (2015-01-01). Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Diyarbakır Ermenileri (in Turkish). Rağbet. p. 274. ISBN 978-605-5378-99-8.
  5. ↑ רשליקה - Rashelika - ניחוח המטבח הירושלמי ספרדי המסורתי. 1999. pp. 82-87
  6. ↑ "Arşivlenmiş kopya" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Kadayıflı muhallebi tatlısı tarifi". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 2024-03-18. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  8. ↑ Tara (2021-08-28). "Künefe (Turkish Sweet Cheese Pastry)". Tara's Multicultural Table. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  9. ↑ "Erzurum Kadayıf Dolması Tarifi". Nefis Yemek Tarifleri (in Turkish). 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  10. ↑ "Dubai Chocolate Bar Recipe". The Feedfeed. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  11. ↑ "Burma Kadayıf | Turkish Twisted Baklava". Vegan Middle East. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  12. ↑ "Coğrafi İşaret Platformu".
  13. ↑ "Othmaliye". Middle East Monitor. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Sweet And Cheesy Knafeh Is An Ancient Dessert Going Big In Modern LA". LAist. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
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