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How to Make Grilled Eggplant with Cheese
A distinctive way to serve roasted eggplant with vegetables in the oven. You can serve grilled eggplant with meat or on its own, alongside cooked rice.
Chocolate Croissants
Chocolate croissants made with a tried-and-tested homemade recipe. The flavor is wonderful because the dough is 100% successful, and you will not get enough of them. You can also use it to make different kinds of croissants and maamoul-style pastries.
How to Make the Best Pizza
A homemade pizza recipe that always turns out delicious. You always ask for the perfect soft pizza dough or a special homemade sauce — this recipe gives you both in one. You can also use the dough for different kinds of pastries.
How to Make Ghraybeh (Middle Eastern Shortbread)
Delicious ghraybeh made at home — light, buttery dough that melts in your mouth. Key tips: do not use butter (use ghee/samneh) and keep the cookies pale while baking for the perfect texture.
Sablé Number Cake
A special number-shaped sablé cake — perfect for children’s birthday parties. The cake is made with sablé dough and filled with a creamy cream-cheese filling kids and adults will love.
Harraq Asba'o (Spicy Lentil and Dough Stew)
Harraq Asba'o — a delicious, rich Levantine dish combining lentils, a simple dough, tamarind, pomegranate molasses and fried onions. Try this traditional recipe.
Magic Cake with Cheese, Egg-Free
A wonderful recipe for making magic cake with cream cheese, without eggs. You can adjust the amount of syrup poured over the cake to suit your preferred level of sweetness.
Shaibiyat (Filled Baklava Pastries)
Shaibiyat: a beloved, classic Middle Eastern pastry. This home recipe uses ready phyllo (baklava) sheets and an easy homemade cream filling—simple and much better than store-bought.
Balah al-Sham (Deep-Fried Syrup Pastries)
Balah al-Sham — a classic Levantine sweet. Very tasty and easy to make. The dough is fried in cold oil (a key tip for success). Read the steps carefully and prepare delicious balah al-sham.
Eggplant Béchamel with Meat and Cheese
Eggplant baked in a tray with minced meat and a white béchamel sauce is a delicious and practical dish. You can serve this baked eggplant with a green salad for a complete meal.
Palestinian Mtabbak Dessert with Cheese
Anyone who loves baklava and syrup-soaked sweets will love this Palestinian dessert. Mtabbak made with an easy recipe and pure Jerusalem hands. Try it, and enjoy in advance.
How to Make Eclairs
Eclairs — a successful, distinctive homemade recipe. Eclairs are one of the most famous and delicious French pastries; they’re very light. Try this recipe and tell us what you think.
How to Make Fried Apple Pies
Easy homemade apple pies in a delicious recipe you'll surely love! We used puff pastry for light, flaky pies.
Russian Cake
A distinctive and delightful Russian-style cake made with thin dough layers and a rich honey-egg cream. A wonderful dessert to try at home.
Kibbeh with Labneh or with Meat and Cheese
A practical, easy kibbeh recipe—read the preparation steps and you’ll see it couldn’t be simpler.
German-Style Chocolate Croissants
Chocolate croissants made with a dough used for several delicious German sweets. Let's learn the recipe and serve it for breakfast or as a dessert. You can also replace the chocolate with other fillings!
Rahat al-Halqoom (Turkish Delight)
Rahat al-Halqoom with a tried-and-true, easy and successful recipe. Serve it on its own or sandwiched between biscuits. All ingredients are commonly found at home. We hope you try it.
Original Croissant Recipe
A home-tested, guaranteed method for making the original croissant. This croissant recipe requires some patience, as the dough must be rolled and refrigerated multiple times to achieve the desired result.