Lebanese Zaatar Pizza
Pizza inspired by the middle east with zaatar tomatoes and feta cheese.
Lebanese zaatar pizza. Spread 3 teaspoons of zaataar paste mixed with olive oil into a very thin layer over a large flat bread or lebanese pita bread. View photos read reviews and see ratings for lebanese thyme pizza manakish zaatar. The bread can be prepared with pizza dough and is then topped with a zaatar seasoning paste before being baked in high heat for a short time. Make a well in the centre and add yeast mixture and 1 tbsp oil.
It is common to serve the za atar man ouche accompanied with lebanese cucumbers olives mint and tomatoes. Dissolve yeast in 250 ml lukewarm water in a large bowl. Zaatar bread aka manoushe or manakish is a popular flatbread from the middle east. Combos all plates come with hummus tabbouli and pita bread.
Set aside in a warm draught free place for 10 minutes or until mixture bubbles. Pizza dough topped with cheese. Manakish zaatar is a traditional lebanese variety of pita bread spiced with zaatar. No one can deny the fact that arabic food is full of flavor and has a distinct taste which makes it so special.
Lebanese thyme pizza manakish zaatar at zeta s grill in avondale az. Slice it as you would a pizza then bake it on a piece of aluminum foil at 400 degrees f for 3 4 minutes until the bread turns toasty with a light brown tan. Baked homemade pizza with dried wild oregano and sesame seeds mixed with olive oil. Served with a garlic mint sauce.
The result is soft and layered seasoned bread. This is a very simple recipe requiring less than 10 basic ingredients and hands on prep time is below 10 minutes the rise a short 7 minute bake time. Pizza dough topped with thyme and oil cheese. Zaatar spice mix is a slightly sour spice which is a mixture of sumac berries dried and powdered thyme oregano sesame seeds and some salt.
Lebanese man oushe is the equivalent of pizza but slathered with a luscious za atar olive oil blend and traditionally eaten for breakfast. Using an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook combine flour and sugar with 1 tsp salt.