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Sausage and Mozzarella Pastries
Sausage pastries with gooey, quick-melting mozzarella. A tasty homemade recipe — includes a versatile dough recipe suitable for all pastries.
Pan-Fried Biftak Beef
An easy homemade biftak beef recipe with just a few ingredients and a simple paprika-based marinade. Serve with salad, potatoes and sautéed vegetables.
Ten-Minute Dough for Pizza and Pastries
The ten-minute dough — the fastest risen dough you'll find. It needs 10 minutes for the initial rise, then you add more flour and oil and use it immediately. Suitable for pizza and pastries.
Fried Maakoron Sweets
Maakoron are traditional Arab fried sweets with a crisp texture. Simple ingredients and easy to make—deep-fried, then dipped in cold sugar syrup (qatar/shira) and served.
How to Make Arugula Salad
Pair arugula and thyme salad with any main course—it's sure to be a perfect match. Enjoy this refreshing, easy arugula salad!
How to Make Fried Maqaroun Dessert
Maqaroun, also called Zainab's fingers, is one of the most delicious desserts soaked in syrup. Try baking the maqaroun in the oven instead of deep-frying it to reduce the calories.
How to Make Cheese Burek
A tried-and-true homemade recipe for making cheese burek in an easy and very delicious way. You can prepare a large batch of cheese burek, freeze it, and use it whenever needed.
Arboozah or Qatifa
Arboozah is a leafy plant similar to molokhia and often grows among it as well. It is known by several names, including qatifa and karboozah. It is cooked with oil and eaten with bread. Try it if you can find it.
Meat, Potato, and Mushroom Bake
A very practical, easy homemade meat, potato, and mushroom bake! Enjoy it with bread or alongside rice. You can also add a sprinkle of mozzarella on top.
Cheese and Thyme Burek Pastries
Cheese and thyme burek pastries.. a wonderful homemade recipe and a very delicious one for one of the tastiest kinds of pastries! A light, fluffy dough you will definitely love
Knafeh with Toast Bread and Mozzarella
A quick, easy knafeh using sliced sandwich bread and mozzarella — perfect for a fuss‑free breakfast or dessert. Serve with sugar syrup (qatra).
Manakeesh Dough (Flatbread Dough)
A wonderful homemade manakeesh dough. This versatile dough also works for lahmacun, pizza, pastries and even bread. Easy and reliable.
How to Make Kunafa with Cheese
Cheese kunafa in a trusted home recipe. You can use ready-made kataifi pastry or try the house-made kataifi recipe included in the recipe.
Ful Medames: How to Make Fava Bean Stew
Ful medames is one of the tastiest breakfast dishes in the Levant. The way of preparing and serving ful medames in Lebanon differs from Egypt, and every cook puts her own signature on making it.
How to Make Meat or Cheese Sambousek
Meat or cheese sambousek is one of the most popular pastries on the table because it makes a great appetizer with a variety of dishes. Here is the method for the most successful dough, one that will never give you trouble when sealing it.
Makhshash Dessert, or Vermicelli Dessert
Makhshash dessert, or vermicelli and biscuit dessert, is a distinctive and unusual recipe that is very popular and easy to make. It can be prepared with kataifi vermicelli if Pakistani vermicelli is not available.
Authentic Mozzarella Jibneh Halawa
Jibneh halawa is one of the tastiest and easiest Lebanese desserts. If you make it with mozzarella, it becomes even easier, because mozzarella is naturally mild and can be used directly.
Stuffed Green Thyme Rolls with Cheese
Green thyme rolls with cheese, made with a wonderfully soft dough that stays delicious for more than a week. Here is everything you need to know to get the best result. You can also use this dough for different kinds of pastries and fillings.

















