🇱🇧 Lebanon
Shanklish
In the Koura and Akkar hills, shanklish is a breakfast ritual — milder young cheese, plenty of vegetables, and strong tea beside it.
🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 0 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
A younger, creamier ball tossed as a chopped salad with cucumber, tomato, parsley, and lemon.
Ingredients
- 1 young shanklish ball
- 1 cucumber, diced
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- ½ bunchparsley, chopped
- 1 small onion, minced
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 4 tbspolive oil
Method
- 1
Crumble the cheese into rough chunks in a salad bowl.
- 2
Add the cucumber, tomato, parsley, and onion.
- 3
Dress with lemon juice and olive oil and toss gently so the cheese stays in pieces.
- 4
Serve with warm markouk bread and sweet tea, the northern way.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4