Manoushe (مناقيش / منقوشة)
Lebanese flatbread with toppings; dough pressed flat, topped with za'atar, cheese, or meat, baked in wood-fired oven. The quintessential ...
Lebanese flatbread with toppings; dough pressed flat, topped with za'atar, cheese, or meat, baked in wood-fired oven. The quintessential ...
The man'oushe is dimpled by the baker's fingertips so the za'atar pools in the dents, then baked on the furn floor that fires the family's daily bread in the same heat. Lebanon's morning, folded.
Za'atar and cheese manoushe; half za'atar, half cheese, or mixed.
A heavier Lebanese morning round: thin coins of dry-cured sujuk sausage pressed over white cheese on a leavened man'oushe, the rendered fat staining and crisping the crumb red around each slice.
A salt-led, faintly blue cheese ball, aged in crocks and rolled in za'atar or Aleppo pepper, crumbled hot over a saj round: the manoushe for people who already know shanklish.
Shakshuka manoushe; eggs in tomato sauce on flatbread.
Muhammara manoushe; topped with spicy red pepper and walnut spread.
Meat manoushe; topped with spiced ground lamb or beef with tomato, onion, pine nuts.
Meat pie manoushe; similar to lahmacun, thin crust with meat topping.
Kishk manoushe; topped with kishk (fermented bulgur and yogurt powder) mixed with tomato and onion. Tangy, unique flavor.
Cheese manoushe; topped with akkawi, halloumi, or mixed cheeses before baking.
Halloumi manoushe; topped with halloumi cheese.
Fava bean manoushe; topped with mashed fava beans.
Folded manoushe; edges folded over to create pocket or roll.
Cocktail manoushe; multiple toppings combined.
Manoushe for breakfast; the quintessential Lebanese breakfast.
Manoushe with egg; egg cracked on top before or after baking.
Awarma manoushe; topped with preserved lamb confit in fat.
Akkawi cheese manoushe; mild, salty white cheese.