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Cheese Manakeesh is a classic Middle Eastern flatbread topped with local cheeses and often served for breakfast. This version is made with a storebought pizza dough (you can use pita bread, too).

A hand holds a wooden board with a sliced Cheese Manakeesh pizza topped with herbs on a gray surface, next to a striped cloth and a small bowl of seasoning.

Top it with minced garlic, shredded mozzarella, crumbled feta, and a generous sprinkling of zaatar for that citrusy flavor. Bake in the oven till bubbly and golden.

A bowl of feta cheese, a small bowl of dried herbs, a ball of pizza dough on parchment, shredded cheese in a heart-shaped bowl, and two garlic cloves on a gray surface.

Serve the manakeesh as a tasty snack, appetizer, breakfast, or lunch! Enjoy on its own, or with a veggie soup or green salad to make a full meal.

Recipe Tip

Try adding nigella seeds or black sesame seeds for extra flavor!

Servings: people

Cheese Manakeesh

This mozzarella and feta manakeesh sprinkled with zaatar, is the perfect cheesy snack.

Prep: 10

Cook: 15

Total: 25

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Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 225°C (392℉) fan.
Place the pizza dough on a floured surface.
Sprinkle the top of the dough with flour.
Place your fingers along the crust and spread the pizza dough into a large disc.
Top the dough with minced garlic, zaatar, shredded mozzarella, and feta.
Place the cheese-topped pizza dough in the oven.
Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden and bubbly.
Slice and enjoy.

Notes

If you don’t have zaatar to hand, you can use ground dried thyme, oregano or sumac.

Nutrition

Calories: 890kcal, Carbohydrates: 101g, Protein: 41g, Fat: 35g, Saturated Fat: 20g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 7g, Cholesterol: 100mg, Sodium: 2060mg, Potassium: 104mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 4g, Vitamin A: 722IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 804mg, Iron: 7mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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