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Lebanese flatbread (Man’ooshe)

Even Lebanese hunks make man’ooshe! No one will deny that the French without their baguette can no longer be considered French; such is the case for the Lebanese and their man’ooshe. Man’ooshe is a flatbread that is shaped like a round pizza and eaten for breakfast with various toppings; always freshly baked from a neighborhood [...]
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Flatbread with thyme leaves and olive oil(man’ooshe bel-zaatar)

First morning in Beirut and what does a Lebanese expat want more than anything? A fresh man’ooshe with zaatar (flatbread with thyme), that’s what!  Zalfa, my (darling) sister-in-law, had raved about a new man’ooshe  item on the menu at Zaatarwzeit, the one-stop in town for yummy, fresh and speedy man’ooshe. Made with a multi-grain dough, [...]
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Flatbread with kishk (Man’ooshe bel-kishk)

The flatbread in this recipe is a specialty of the druze community in the Shouf area of Lebanon. It uses a very traditional product named keshk (or Kishk). This was prepared by  Lebanese folks as part of the provisions for the winter season. What is keshk? It is simply a mixture of yoghurt and bulgur, [...]
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