Fatteh

Fatteh or fatta means ‘crushed’ or ‘crumbled’ or ‘broken into pieces’ in Arabic. It describes a type of food preparation practised throughout the Levant and North Africa, where a piece of flatbread is torn into chunks and then layered into a dish. If the bread is fresh or untoasted, it will soak up the juices or sauce in a dish and collapse happily in with the other ingredients. If the pieces of bread are toasted they will retain their shape and crunch and can be used instead of a fork to scoop things up with and eat.