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Cairo · All over Cairo

Cairo's fiteer bakers

The hand-stretched layered pastry, sweet or savoury, baked in four minutes.

Budget

The fatatri stretches the dough until it is translucent, folds it several times with clarified butter, then bakes it. Savoury with cheese and meat, or sweet with honey, nuts and cream — either way, it is shared.

The extra bit

Watch the fatatri work before ordering: the gesture tells you everything about the result.

Know before you go

Fiteer is ordered by size: "nos" (a half) is enough for two as dessert.

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