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How to Make Eggplant Makdous
Preserves and pickles
70 minHard

How to Make Eggplant Makdous

Eggplant makdous is one of those pantry-preserving recipes that takes time to prepare and requires several steps to be followed carefully for a successful result... We’re sharing the tried-and-true method that will give you all the answers you need.

Beef Kebabs with Cherry Sauce
Rice and grains
80 minHard

Beef Kebabs with Cherry Sauce

Cherry meat kebabs are one of the tastiest and most famous dishes of Aleppan cuisine. Anyone who loves the combination of sweet and savory flavors, or meat with fruit, will fall in love with this wonderful dish—just as we did!

Raisin and Coconut Brioche
Desserts
110 minHard

Raisin and Coconut Brioche

A very special raisin and coconut brioche recipe. The dough is extremely successful and works for many sweets, and even for making croissants with different fillings.

Cardamom Cake with Orange Syrup
Desserts
100 minHard

Cardamom Cake with Orange Syrup

Cardamom cake with orange syrup.. A rich, moist cake with delicious flavors, and without exaggeration, it is one of the best cakes we have tried so far. A new recipe to try!

Easy Lebanese Nights Dessert
Desserts
60 minHard

Easy Lebanese Nights Dessert

Layali Lubnan is one of the most delicious and easiest desserts. It’s especially perfect in hot weather because it is served cold from the fridge and has a very light, jelly-like texture. Here is the easiest way to make it.

Stuffed Pumpkin
Mains
120 minHard

Stuffed Pumpkin

Stuffed pumpkin with rice and minced meat — a very special recipe in both taste and presentation! Who wants the method? Let’s learn it and impress our guests and family with it.

Apple Cake with Crème Caramel
Desserts
130 minHard

Apple Cake with Crème Caramel

Apple cake with crème caramel in a recipe that's simply unbeatable... Everyone has tried or knows the classic apple cake, but it's time to taste crème caramel with apples! Amazing.

Easy Vanilla Cake
Desserts
125 minHard

Easy Vanilla Cake

Easy vanilla cake is one of the best recipes when you need a simple cake that doesn’t require many ingredients or much prep, and it is also perfect for decorating with cream and fondant.

Easy Cheese Halawet el Jibn Recipe
Desserts
130 minHard

Easy Cheese Halawet el Jibn Recipe

Halawet el Jibn is one of the most delicious sweets, especially popular in northern Lebanon! Try this delicious, foolproof recipe — it couldn't be easier. You'll find that making it at home is faster than buying it :)

Oatmeal Cookies with Sugar Paste
Desserts
140 minHard

Oatmeal Cookies with Sugar Paste

Oatmeal cookies with sugar paste are a cookie recipe you can shape however you like, in the color and design that suit the occasion you're celebrating! Easy, delicious, and kids will love them. Try them!

Apple Pockets or German Apple Pastries
Pastries and baking
100 minHard

Apple Pockets or German Apple Pastries

Apfel Taschen, or apple pie pockets in German. A different kind of recipe, and you can use the photos in the gallery to see how to cut and shape these delicious pockets.

German-Style Walnut Rolls
Desserts
90 minHard

German-Style Walnut Rolls

A delicious German-style walnut spiral pastry! This dough also works for several other German sweets. We hope you’ll love this super tasty dessert—don’t miss it.

Grape Khabeesa or Grape Malban
Cold drinks
140 minHard

Grape Khabeesa or Grape Malban

Grape khabeesa, or malban made with grape juice, black pine nuts, and sesame. A distinctive traditional recipe. Try it as a sweet, wholesome snack if you use whole wheat flour.

Chocolate Ganache Tart
Breads and flatbreads
95 minHard

Chocolate Ganache Tart

A wonderful chocolate ganache tart recipe! For an elegant treat, try our recipe and you won’t regret it... You can also fill the tart shell to your liking, such as with pastry cream.

Hummus with Tahini and Meat
Breads and flatbreads
50 minHard

Hummus with Tahini and Meat

Homemade hummus with tahini, made even better with tender filet beef! In just a few steps, you can make the perfect meal. Serve with Arabic bread.

Zucchini Stuffed with Yogurt
Mains
110 minHard

Zucchini Stuffed with Yogurt

Zucchini stuffed with yogurt is one of those recipes that can be served straight away, hot or cold from the fridge. Very delicious and suitable for children, especially those who love stuffed zucchini. Very delicious.

Crispy Samosa Dough
Pastries and baking
95 minHard

Crispy Samosa Dough

Crispy samosa dough for the tastiest pastries, and you can use any filling you like, whether meat or vegetables! Try this samosa dough and you will definitely love it!

How to Make Jibneh Halawa
Desserts
80 minHard

How to Make Jibneh Halawa

Jibneh Halawa is one of the most delicious Arab sweets you will keep making at home once you get it right the first time! Homemade is cleaner and better, and this recipe is very easy, with a new and practical way to make the cream.

How to Make Clarified Butter at Home
Desserts
105 minHard

How to Make Clarified Butter at Home

Making homemade clarified butter is very easy and requires only some butter and a few tools found in every home. With butter, a little time, and careful preparation, you’ll end up with the cleanest, best clarified butter!

Shrimp Fajita Pie
Pastries and baking
100 minHard

Shrimp Fajita Pie

Shrimp fajita pie is a delicious and distinctive pastry, and it's always nice to try new and creative recipes as a change of pace!

Spinach Pies Dough and Mini Pizza
Pastries and baking
140 minHard

Spinach Pies Dough and Mini Pizza

A reliable homemade dough recipe for pies! Use it for spinach pies, other savory pies, or even pizza. The recipe also includes a new spinach filling method.

Filet Fish Sayadiyah
Mains
Time TBDHard

Filet Fish Sayadiyah

Easy filet fish sayadiyah with very few additions. It relies on the flavor of browned onions and fish oil, so the rice absorbs their essence and develops a delicious taste.

Grilled Saj Kebab Recipe
Mains
95 minHard

Grilled Saj Kebab Recipe

A tried-and-true, easy homemade saj kebab recipe! Delicious kebab grilled over charcoal... and we’ll share the secret to getting the same flavor, but in the oven!

Date Brioche Recipe
Desserts
110 minHard

Date Brioche Recipe

Date brioche made with a homemade, authentic-style recipe :) It can be served for breakfast or as a snack for kids.. a delicious and nourishing treat at the same time thanks to the many benefits of dates!