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Za'atar Man'oushe

Lebanon's breakfast: dough engraved with the fingertips and bathed in za'atar and olive oil, baked blistering-hot on the saj. UNESCO-recognized heritage.

2 hr 10 min · Serves 6 · Medium

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Serves
6

Ingredients

Dough

Topping

Time
Prep 120 min · Cook 10 min · 130 min total
Difficulty
medium
  1. 1

    Make and prove a soft flatbread dough.

    120 min
  2. 2

    Press rounds, dimple with fingertips (naqasha = to engrave), spread za'atar slackened with olive oil.

    8 min
  3. 3

    Bake very hot on a saj, stone, or inverted cast-iron until set and fragrant.

    8 min

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