Name: Mini Lebanese Half-Moon Pancakes with Walnuts (Katayef bi Jouz (ka-tie-if bee jouz))
Yield: About 30 Half-Moons
Cuisine: Lebanese
Ingredients: 1 recipe pancakes; 4½ tablespoons sugar; 1½ tablespoons mazaher (orange blossom water); 1 recipe syrup; 3 cups finely ground walnuts (about ¾ pound)

Preparation info

About
30
Half-Moons

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Classic Lebanese Cuisine

By Kamal Al-Faqih

Published 2009

About

To prepare mini Lebanese pancakes with walnuts for Mini Lebanese Pancakes with Cream. Prepare only the pancakes then fold them around a delicately flavored filling of ground walnuts as described below.

Ingredients

For the Pancakes with Walnuts

1 recipe syrup
1 recipe pancakes
3

Method

To Prepare the Pancakes with Walnuts

Prepare the syrup and set it aside.

Combine the walnuts and sugar in a bowl. Stir in the mazaher; use the back of a spoon to mix and press the mazaher into the mixture until evenly blended and the nuts seem damp.

Holding a pancake in your hand, with the browned side against your hand, place