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Warbat (), also known as shaabiyat (, شعبيات) and Şöbiyet, is a Levantine sweet pastry similar to baklava.
Warbat consists of layers of phyllo dough filled with a semolina based custard, though it is sometimes also filled with pistachios, walnuts, almonds, or sweet cheese. The dessert is topped with a sweet syrup made from sugar, water, and lemon juice brought to a boil and then left to cool and thicken. Warbat
When served with cream or qishta it is called warbat bi-qishteh or warbat be gishta. Warbat is often served during Ramadan.
In Jordan, warbat and knafeh are often the most sold desserts for celebrations, such as tawjihi exam results.
(شعيبيات) are mentioned as a breakfast food in Arabic [[Aleppan|Aleppo]] texts from 1840-1875. Late 19th-century proceedings by the International Congress of Orientalists described '''' (شعبية) as a triangular cake filled with cream and pistachios. The 1885 Lebanese Arabic cookbook ''Ustadh al-Tabbakhin'' provided a recipe for (شعيبات) which called for filling square pieces of dough with baklava filling, baking them in a ''[[samneh|smen]]''-coated tray, then soaking them in qatir.
Shaabiyat were popularized in Germany by refugees of the Syrian civil war.
Turkish Şöbiyet ( Antep Şöbiyeti) received official registration and geographical indication status from the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office on 6 April 2022 for the Gaziantep region. The patent specifies that they are made with 12 layers of phyllo pastry, a kaymak filling, and topped with syrup and pistachios. Şöbiyet are popular during Eid al-Fitr in Turkey.
Syrian shaabiyat are made into a variety of shapes besides triangles with different fillings.
According to the Etymological Dictionary of Contemporary Turkish by Sevan Nişanyan, the word Şöbiyet is derived from the Arabic word ().
The name warbat is derived from the warbats triangular shape, the word warbat (وربات) means "corners" in Arabic.
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