Zaatar And Cheese Pizza

When i was growing up in the middle east i remember having manaeesh on the weekends for brunch.

Zaatar and cheese pizza. Mix 4 tbsp of olive oil with the zaatar spice. You could also sprinkle it on top of certain cheeses white cheese goat cheese feta etc on pizza. For the lahm bi ajin brush with olive oil and heavily spread the meat on top. Manakeesh are a very popular breakfast food based in the levantine region of the middle east.

Pizza dough topped with cheese. For the tomato brush with olive oil place chopped tomatoes and sprinkle with zaatar. Roma tomatoes contain less water and won t make the crust soggy. Manakeesh are pretty much a flatbread topped with a variety of possible toppings.

A few of those toppings are za atar a blend of cheeses an onion and tomato mixture and keshek. Served with a garlic mint sauce. You can add more zaatar and olive oil if you like the flavor to come out very strongly spread 1 tbsp of zaatar on the other half of the rolled out dough. Most often manakeesh are made the size of a personal pan pizza and folded in half like a sandwich for easy consumption.

Combos all plates come with hummus tabbouli and pita bread. Pizza inspired by the middle east with zaatar tomatoes and feta cheese. Spread the shredded halloumi and mozzarella cheese on half side of the manakish. For those of you who haven t tried it before it s basically dough topped with thyme cheese and other ingredients before it s baked to perfection.

An overturned heavy duty sheet pan preheated in the grill or oven will also work. Pizza dough topped with thyme and oil cheese. Cook in the oven at 425f for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Zaatar is a blend of dried thyme oregano marjoram sumac toasted sesame seeds and salt with cheese halloumi or fetta.

Grilled pizza with fresh mozzarella tomatoes and za atar use the grill outfitted with a baking stone to get higher temps than most ovens and in turn a crisp bottomed but chewy crust.