Ktefa Recipe: Crispy & Tasty Moroccan Pastry
Ktefa Recipe is a traditional Moroccan dessert made with crispy warqa or phyllo pastry, creamy custard, and cinnamon. It’s easy to make and perfect for sharing.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- Semolina or All-purpose flour 500 grams or 1.1 lbs or 8 cups
- Salt 1 tsp (optional)
- Oil 3 tbsp
- Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
- Milk 1 cup
- Olive Oil for cooking the pastry
- Vegetable oil for frying
- Sugar 1 cup (to sprinkle on the dough before you fry)
Instructions
- 1
Mix the semolina with a little salt in a big bowl
- 2
Add the oil, cinnamon powder, and milk and mix until you get a smooth mixture
- 3
Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius, 350 F, or Gas mark 6
- 4
Lightly grease your baking tray with vegetable oil or olive oil and put half of the pastry dough in it
- 5
Make sure that your pastry is spread out and not stuck together because it will make it hard to roll out later on
- 6
Sprinkle some sugar over the dough and fold it towards you to form a ridge-like you see in the picture above
- 7
As you see above, make several folds in the middle of the ridge to make a nice square shape.
- 8
Put the dough on your greased baking tray and bake for 25 minutes
- 9
Let it cool down completely before cutting it. Serve with milk if you want to drink it hot. Or turn it into a cutting board, cut it into small pieces, and serve as hors d'œuvre.