Manakish is also known as Lebanese flatbread. They are available so commonly in Lebanese bakeries. Manakish has an amazing smell of freshly baked za’atar. It is a quick and simple recipe. Also, we can say it is a kind of Middle Eastern pizza.
You can also try the Labneh recipe (Lebanese cream cheese recipe), a Chicken shawarma homemade recipe
Ingredients for making manakish:
- Active dry yeast – 1 tsp
- Water warm – 150 ml
- Flour – 250 gm
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Sugar – 1 tsp
- Olive oil – 6 tbsp
- Za’atar – 3 tbsp
- Halloumi lemon – 150 gm
Method –
- Firstly, take a small bowl and dissolve yeast in lukewarm water.
- Then, take a bowl put flour, salt, sugar, dry yeast, water olive oil and knead for five minutes. The dough should become elastic.
- After that, make a ball of dough and put in a large bowl, apply oil on the top and cover it with plastic wrap. Put it aside for one hour in a warm condition.
- Then, once the dough has risen, roll it out and divide it into 4 equal parts. Put them on a parchment-lined baking sheet and press them lightly into flatbread.
- After that, cover them with a clean kitchen towel and let them rise again.
- Now, prepare the topping, for this mix the za’atar with the remaining oil. Grate halloumi and add to the za’atar mixture and mix well.
- Then, preheat the oven to 200 degrees C /400 degree F. Stretch out the flatbreads and press the surfaces with your fingertips.
- After that, add za; atar halloumi mixture and drizzle more olive oil if required on top of each flatbread.
- Transfer to oven and bake for approx 8 minutes and serve hot with lemon wedges.
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