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Kadayif

Kadayif in a Turkish bakery
Alternative names	Kadayıf Kανταΐφι Кадаиф Kadaifi Kataifi قطائف Engelshaar
Type	Dessert
Place of origin	Turkey
Associated cuisine	Turkish, Levantine, Balkanic and Arabic
Serving temperature	Warm
Main ingredients	Dough threads Milled almonds or walnuts Lemon sugar syrup Vanilla sugar
Variations	Multiple
Media: Kadayif

Kadayif (Turkish: Kadayıf) is a sweet spun Ottoman pastry from Turkey popular in the Balkanic and Levantine space, used for various different Middle Eastern desserts.

Preparation

Kadayif is made from fine dough threads 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's soaked in lemon sugar syrup.

Etymology and history

Kadayif comes from the plural of the Arabic word “qatifah” the plural for velvet. The same ingredient is though called “kunafa” in Arabic, which refers to another dessert similar to kadayıf but stuffed with cheese. The name first appeared in an Ottoman translation of the Arabic cookbook Kitab al-Tabikh translated by Muhammed bin Mahmud Şirvani, a 15th century Ottoman physician. According to oral tradition in Diyarbakır, the first kadayif vendor in the city was an Armenian shop owner named Agop.

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.

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.

• Tel Kadayif
• Ekmek Kadayif

• Kadayif Pudding
• Kunefe
• Erzurum Dolma
• Dubai chocolate
• Burma Kadayif
• Tash Kadayif

See also

• Şekerpare
• Revani
• Baklava
• Tulumba
• List of Middle Eastern dishes

Gallery

• Kunefe
• Ekmek Kadayif
• Burma Kadayif
• Tel Kadayif
• Yassi Kadayif
• Erzurum Dolma
• Kadayif Pudding

References

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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".

External links

• Tel Kadayif (Special Turkish Dessert). Turkey standard TS 10344

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