🇱🇧 Lebanon
Manakish
The manousheh is Lebanon's breakfast heartbeat — zaatar and oil on dough, folded and eaten walking.
🔪 Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 10 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Thin, blistered, heavy on wild-thyme zaatar; the cheese version uses akkawi.
Ingredients
- 500 gflour
- 7 ginstant yeast
- 300 mlwarm water
- 6 tbspzaatar blend
- 100 mlolive oil
- 200 gakkawi cheese (optional)
Method
- 1
Knead a soft dough and let it double.
- 2
Mix zaatar with olive oil into a loose paste.
- 3
Flatten rounds, dimple with fingertips, and spread the topping.
- 4
Bake on a hot stone or tray at 250°C until the edges blister.
- 5
Fold and eat hot with cucumber, mint, and tea.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4