Shaybeeyat
"Lebanese Sweet Pastry"
photo by Family Recipes
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 16mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
40
ingredients
- 1 (1 lb) box phyllo dough
- 2 cups butter
- 5 cups recipe cream filling, from kashta recipe
- 1 cup glaze, from atr recipe
- 1⁄2 cup ground pistachios
directions
- Divide filo sheets in half and put half aside wrapped back in box.
- Melt 1/2 cup butter in microwave or on stovetop.
- Lay flat half the filo sheets on counter.
- fold all, but one sheet over.
- Cover folded over filo with towel.
- Using pastry brush apply melted butter on first filo sheet.
- Turn back each filo sheet and brush on melted butter
- Leaving top sheet unbuttered.
- Then fold over other side of filo sheets.
- Cover folded over side with towel and repeat buttering remaining sheets.
- Once all sheets are completely buttered, brush top with melted butter.
- Measure and cut filo into 8 inches squares, as shown in picture.
- Butter baking pan
- Fill each square with Kasta recipe (Lebanese cream filling) and fold over in triangle shape.
- Lay each triangle shaped pastry in pan, as shown in picture.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes and then broil for 1 minute to brown top of pastries.
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN TOP, just golden color.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 10 ten minutes.
- Generously, brush tops with Atr recipe (Lebanese sweet glaze).
- Using a chopper or blender grind pistachios.
- Garnish each pastry with pistachios, as shown in picture.
- Let cool for another 15 minutes.
- Cut melted Kasta for easy removal from baking pan and arrange on a serving tray.
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