Outline of kadayif

The term kadayif (Turkish: kadayıf, from Arabic: قطايف, romanized: qatāyif) is used to describe a variety of desserts made with a type of shredded dough that has the form of strands and is known as "angelhair" in English, including the actual confections and unfinished intermediate products like dough.^[1] While the Turkish word kadayif comes from Arabic qatayef linguistically, there is little overlap between the actual qatayef and kadayif desserts.^[2] Kadayif was used as a generic name for a family of pastry desserts in the cookbook Melceü't-Tabbâhîn (1844).^[3]

• Unfinished products include:
  • Kadayif flour, a special flour made from the bisquit class wheat;^[4]
  • Kadayif dough;
  • wire kadayif, also known as kadayif noodles, simply kadayif, tel kadayif,^[5] and string kadayif,^[2] is a vermicelli-like,^[2] semi-processed product made by mixing wheat flour and water, cooked and optionally fried;^[4][6]
  • Tray kadaif (TS 10344), per Turkish standard 10344/T3,^[7] is a semi-processed (baked) water and flour mix product.^{[8][verification needed]} Tray kadaif can also refer to a finished product (see below);
  • Başar & Boz^[6] mention lean kadayif and yufka kadayif. "Yufka" means "thin" and, at the same time, can be used to refer to filo dough;
• Kadaif confections include:
  • Tray kadayif (dessert), a dessert produced using kadayif and walnut. Variety of oils, hazelnut, sugar syrups can be added;^[6][9]
  • Knafeh, a dessert made with layers of kadayif (spun pastry dough) and mild cheeses (like nabulsi cheese) that is covered in a syrup called attar;^[2]
  • Yassı kadayıf [tr], a pancake resembling Arabic qatayef dumpling^[2] Also called flat kadayif, Arab kadayif;^[10]
  • Dubai chocolate is a chocolate bar filled with pistachio cream, tahini and kadayif;^[11]
  • Ekmek kadayıfı or bread kadayif is made by pouring syrup on the bread. If leftover dry bread is used, it is called fodula kadayif;^[3]
  • Erzurum kadayıf dolması [tr], also known as stuffed kadayif - walnuts wrapped in kadaif and deep-fried;^[12]
  • Burma kadayıf [tr] is made from tel kadayif in Diyarbakır;^[12]
  • Kadayıflı muhallebi [tr], a milk dessert;
  • Fındık ezmeli kadayıf tatlısı [tr], a dessert with hazelnut paste;
  • Kesme kadayıf [tr], a dessert using yufka;
  • Pekmezli kadayıf [tr], made from tel kadayif with added molasses;
  • Sütlü kadayıf [tr], a milk dessert;
  • other desserts mentioned in the literature: white kadayif, creamy kadayif, palace wire kadayif.^[13] Bezirgan^[5] declares the stone kadayif (Taş kadayıf [tr]) to be the same as flat kadayif and bread kadayif.