Akawi

-Minute Dough • Beehive Bread Filling: • Mozzarella cheese • bell pepper • onion • black olives • oregano • garlic powder • tomato paste • Baalbek-Style Filling: • ground lamb (about 0.5 kg) • medium onions •

flour (about 315 grams) • cornstarch (about 60 grams) • vegetable oil • salt • powdered milk • Water, as needed for kneading • For the filling: • Akawi cheese, soaked to reduce salt (about 100 grams) • feta cheese (about 100 grams) • triangles of processed cheese • double cream cheese (about 100 grams) • chopped parsley

For the kanafeh: • kataifi pastry • Akawi cheese (salty white cheese) • clarified butter or ghee (about 225 grams) • For the syrup: • sugar (about 200 grams) • water (about 120 ml) • orange blossom water • lemon juice

all-purpose flour (1 kilogram) • cornstarch (about 120 grams) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • melted vegetable shortening or ghee (about 200 grams) • powdered milk (about 100 grams) • baking powder (about 12 grams) • Warm water, as needed for kneading • Sweet Akawi cheese (or substitute with unsalted mozzarella) • Sugar • Water • Juice of half a lemon

shredded kataifi dough (about 500 grams) • Akawi cheese (about 500 grams) • Clarified butter (ghee) • Simple syrup