It must seem like there is no end to the preparations during Ramadan what with family, friends and colleagues to share this time with. The kitchen or home is always filled with people milling about getting ready for iftar, suhoor or the next big ghabqa. The smells, sights and sounds of Ramadan are a joy, and with X-cite making your time even easier in the kitchen this should be a time to savor. Using equipment that X-cite has to offer, bazaar explores a beloved traditional dish that can be produced as either savory or sweet; Qatayef.
In essence, this is a stuffed pancake that is later fried, and it is a wonder of textures when drizzled with a syrup in the dessert options, and we are trying sweet cheese qatayef. The first thing to do is to get the pancakes out of the way.
The Breville scraper mixer with glass bowl (1) is so good for making the batter as it does exactly what its name suggests and scrapes the sides of the ingredients bowl catching all the goodies you’ve put in there. You can see when everything is all mixed together and has reached the ideal blend. Pop the batter in the Tefal pancake maker (2) and set aside the cooked pancakes, resting them in clean kitchen hand-towels to maintain their moisture whilst you prepare the pancake filling.
Another popular qatayef filling is nuts and cheese, so grab your NutriBullet (3), place in it whole, toasted almonds and set it to pulse. This will give you the required texture so the nuts are not too powdery and a little crunch remains in the filling. Place the pulsed nuts in the Philips Avance Collection food processor (4) and add to them desalted akawi cheese with the other dry ingredients such as sugar and a little mozzarella, and then add a splash of orange blossom and rose waters. Next, take your stuffing add it to the center of your pancakes, fold them over covering the filling and pinch the pancake sides closed with your fingers. Take these to your Philips Viva Collection digital air fryer (5) and following the instructions, fry your qatayef.
These desserts are delicious when served hot but so you don’t have to leave the dinner table to head back into the kitchen when you have company, prepare and fry the qatayef earlier. You can keep them warm in a dish stored in your Wansa food-warmer trolley (6) and continue to enjoy your guests around the dinner table.
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