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Chef Kamal demonstrates how to prepare these delicious Thyme or Red Pepper Pizzettas. Zaatar Manakeesh is a Mediterranean flatbread that's made with dough and zaatar spice. Dilute the rice in a bit of cold water.

Open-faced thyme pies - manakeesh bi zaatar is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Open-faced thyme pies - manakeesh bi zaatar is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook open-faced thyme pies - manakeesh bi zaatar using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Open-faced thyme pies - manakeesh bi zaatar:

1. Get - For the dough:
2. Take 3 cups flour
3. Make ready 1 teaspoon dried yeast dissolved in ¼ cup warm water
4. Prepare 1 1/2 cups water
5. Make ready 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
6. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon sugar
7. Take - For the thyme mixture:
8. Take 2 cups dried wild thyme, finely ground
9. Get 2/3 cup sumac
10. Prepare 1/3 cup sesame seeds
11. Take 1 cup olive oil
12. Get 1 teaspoon salt

A flat dough topped with a mix of thyme, sumac, sesame grains and olive oil, then oven baked. Pita is nice, but when I have a little extra time, I make up a batch of manakish zaatar to eat over a few days. In Lebanon, manakish (also known as manakeesh and manaqish; singular manousheh) are frequently eaten for breakfast and may be topped with herbs, cheese, or meat. This pizza style dish is usually topped with an exotic za'atar or cheese mix.

Steps to make Open-faced thyme pies - manakeesh bi zaatar:

1. In a bowl, mix all the thyme mixture ingredients together. If needed add some water to get a medium fluid mixture.
2. To prepare the dough: mix the flour, sugar and the water dissolved yeast. Add the vegetable oil and mix again. While kneading, gradually add the water until you get a well-combined dough.
3. Cover the dough with a plastic wrap and leave it to rest in a warm place for at least 1 hr.
4. After the dough has risen, knead it again, with some flour on your hands. Divide the dough into big parts and roll each part on a lightly floured surface using a rolling pin. Cut the dough into 10 cm diameter circles using a circular pastry cutter.
5. Top each circle with 1 tablespoon of thyme mixture.
6. Slightly grease 2 oven trays with olive oil and place the manakeesh on them. Bake at medium heat for around 20 min or until the bottom of the dough turns lightly brown.
7. Serve warm or at room temperature.

I bake manaish all the time. It's such a good thing to have ready in the freezer! It is a version of arabic pita bread topped with the very delicious and flavourful spice blend -Zaatar. Zaatar is a blend of different spices like -thyme, oregano, sumac,coriander,toasted sesame seeds. Ice cream sandwich with whoopie pie cookies.

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