Warbat?

[rworange]

Mentioned on the SF Board, so I am moving the general question "What's Warbat?" up here.

Not much on on the web on warbat.

A Flower Shaped Filo Dough Crust Stuffed with Cream Cheese & Topped with Honey Syrup and Pistachios?

An Arabic custard -filled pastry?

A variation on baklava?

http://www.nestle-laziz.com/english/r...

[PicklingJessica]

Regardless how they come I agree with Gary -- they're delicious :). At a party the warbat plate was cleaned out in five minutes :).

[Gary SF]

The warbat that I had yesterday did not have a trace of sugar syrup, and it was more cheezy than custardly. I ate the triangles with my hands and there was no syrup or oil residue.

It was a medium-light and fluffy dessert, and it was awesome. The recipe is coming my way and I will post it on the home cooking board. But there is that restaurant in San Jose, and from what I read on the Internet, it may be similar to those I ate yesterday.

[rworange]

Thank you. So is this just baklava with cheese in it?

[PicklingJessica]

The kinds I've had was more custardy than cheesy. I've also had a couple filled with whipped cream.
Kunafa on the other hand is filled with a kind of cheese.
Sweet pastries are common throughout the middle-east and especially during festive events and holidays, like Ramadan.

[PicklingJessica]

Hi,
Warbat is a cream-filled pastry that you soak in a sugar syrup and decorate with pistachio nuts so that would be your first suggestion. It's originally from Jordan, although you can find variations on it all over the middle east. It's very sweet but great with strong arabic coffee. I haven't seen them flower shaped but I guess you can do them anyway you want to.