fatayer

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| name = Fatayer

| image = Fatayer.jpg

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| place_of_origin = Levant

| region = Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen

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| type = Meat pie

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| main_ingredient = Meat, spinach, cheese or za'atar

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Fatayer ({{langx|ar|فطائر|faṭāʾir|label=Standard Arabic}}; {{langx|apc|فطاير|faṭāyir}}; {{singular}} {{langx|ar|فطيرة|faṭīra|label=none}}) are meat pies that can alternatively be stuffed with spinach or cheese such as feta or akkawi.{{cite book|last1=Labensky|first1=Steven|last2=Ingram|first2=Gaye G.|last3=Labensky|first3=Sarah R.|year=2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKk7gKO9lXYC|title=Webster's New World Dictionary of Culinary Arts|publisher=Prentice Hall|page=166|isbn=9780130264305}} They are part of Arab and Levantine cuisine, eaten in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} Fatayer are also popular in Argentina, where they are considered a variety of empanada under the name {{lang|es|empanadas árabes}} (sg. {{lang|es|empanada árabe}}), and in Brazil, where they are known as {{lang|pt|esfihas fechadas}} ("closed sfihas", sg. {{lang|pt|esfiha fechada}}).

Some fatayer are commonly frozen and reheated prior to eating.

Variations

Different combinations of fillings and shapes are used for fatayer, common fillings include:

Cheese (such as Feta, Akkawi or Halloumi) with nigella seeds.
Spinach, commonly with sumac and onions, this variant is popular in the Levant and is known as Fatayer Sabanekh ({{langx|ar|فطاير سبانخ|label=Levantine Arabic}}).
Minced lamb meat and nuts.

A variety of spices may also be used for each variant{{cite book |last1=Kalla |first1=Joudie |title=Baladi: Palestine a celebration of food from land and sea |date=18 October 2018 |publisher=Jacqui Small |isbn=978-1-911127-86-4 |url=https://www.google.co.il/books/edition/Baladi/PTByDwAAQBAJ |language=en |chapter=The Bakery}}{{cite book |last1=Tamimi |first1=Sami |last2=Wigley |first2=Tara |title=Falastin: A Cookbook |date=26 March 2020 |publisher=Ebury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4735-5775-8 |url=https://www.google.co.il/books/edition/Falastin_A_Cookbook/RefSDwAAQBAJ |language=en |chapter=Snacks, Spreads and Sauces}}{{cite web |title=Cook this: Spinach turnovers — fatayer sbenegh — from Forever Beirut |url=https://nationalpost.com/life/food/cook-this-spinach-turnovers-fatayer-sbenegh-from-forever-beirut |website=National Post |access-date=20 April 2025 |language=en}}