qatâif - was [Re: SC - duck and bread]

[Huette von Ahrens]

- --- david friedman <ddfr at best.com> wrote:

> 
> But note that, so far, no evidence has been offered
> to show that 
> shredded phylo is what al Baghdadi is talking
> about--and I have just 
> posted some recipes from a contemporary Andalusian
> cookbook from 
> which it seems likely that it isn't.
> 
> On the other hand, one version of qatâif is
> apparently a noodle--my 
> guess from the description is something like very
> very thin lasagna. 
> Sheets not threads.
> 
> David/Cariadoc
> http://www.daviddfriedman.com/

This would agree with the Oxford Companion of Food,
which states that a medieval Azerbaijani ancestor of
baklava had 8 layers of noodles with a sweetened nut
filling.  Perhaps using this noodle version of qatâif,
one could approximate the Azerbaijani dessert?  Oh,
this is so exciting!  Guess what I am going to make
for dessert on Sunday?  I will post my experiments
next week, so let's not clog up the list with recipe
requests.  I will do so, when I have finished this
experiment.  Unless Cariadoc or someone else works
faster than I do ....

Huette



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