Based milk

all-purpose flour • (about 225 grams) clarified butter or ghee • sugar • (about 100 grams) powdered milk • baking powder + 1 packet vanilla • nigella seeds • warm water • small pinch of salt • saffron • For topping: 1 egg + 1 tablespoon milk

warm milk (about 480 ml) • (about 1 1/2 tablespoons) butter • vegetable oil • large egg, at room temperature • salt • instant yeast • sugar • mahlab (optional) • white vinegar • powdered milk • (about 8 cups) all-purpose flour, or as needed • large egg, at room temperature •

white bread • shelled pistachios (about 65 grams) • shredded coconut (about 40 grams) • milk (about 950 ml) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar • orange blossom water • rose water • sugar (about 200 grams) • water (about 120 ml) • Juice of 1/2 lemon • rose water •

milk (about 1.4 liters) • fine semolina (about 320 grams) • sugar (about 300 grams) • orange blossom water • clotted cream (ashta) • milk (about 1.2 liters) • white vinegar • cream (such as table cream, about 170 grams each) • mixed fresh fruit • mixed nuts • simple syrup (attar)

First stage • whole fresh milk (about 3 liters) • white vinegar or lemon juice • Second stage • whole fresh milk (about 1 liter) • cornstarch • sugar • rose water • orange blossom water • clotted cream or kaymak, or any available type (for the final addition)

milk (about 1.2 liters) • semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 100 grams) • mastic • orange blossom water • whipped cream • clotted cream (ashta) • Chopped pistachios for garnish • Simple syrup

milk (about 950 ml) • semolina (about 200 grams) • egg • ground mastic (Arabic mastic) • For the topping: • milk (about 180 ml) • pistachios • thick sugar syrup • sugar (about 400 grams) • water (about 240 ml) • lemon juice

milk (about 1.2 liters) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 100 grams) • orange blossom water (about 60 ml) • rose water (about 60 ml) • vanilla extract • For garnish: • clotted cream or thick whipped cream (about 240 ml) • finely chopped pistachios (about 120 grams) • rose petal jam

milk (about 950 ml) • fine semolina • sugar • table cream • pistachios • orange blossom water • simple syrup

semolina (about 120 grams) • milk (about 710 ml) • small cup sugar (about 1/3 cup or 65 grams) • For garnish: • clotted cream or thick cream (such as Nestlé table cream, about 7.6 oz/215 grams) • Pistachios • Almonds

finely ground rice • water • ground caraway • ground cinnamon • sugar • Shredded coconut and mixed nuts for garnish

milk (about 1.2 liters) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • cornstarch (about 6 grams) • vanilla extract • sugar (about 100 grams) • orange blossom water

whole milk (about 1.4 liters) • sugar (about 150 grams) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • orange blossom water • finely ground pistachios

ground rice (about 480 grams) • water (5.5 liters) • sugar (about 1 kg) • ground caraway • ground cinnamon • Mixed nuts for garnish, amounts to taste and availability: almonds (I forgot to add them) • walnuts • cashews • raisins • pistachios • shredded coconut

whole milk (1 liter) • semolina (medium grind) • plain cream (such as table cream, about 6 oz/170 g) • white sugar • vanilla extract with mastic (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract plus a pinch of ground mastic, if available) • orange blossom water • Honey, for serving • Nuts for garnish: • Dried edible rose petals • Sliced pistachios • Shredded coconut and ground pistachios

whole milk (about 950 ml) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 50 grams) • mastic (ground) • rose water • orange blossom water • plain clotted cream (ashta) or thick cream • ground pistachios, almonds, or shredded coconut for garnish (about 60 grams) • For the syrup: • sugar (about 400 grams) • water (about 355 ml) • lemon juice •

whole milk (2 liters) • coarse semolina • sugar • ground mastic • shredded coconut • rose water and orange blossom water • clotted cream (for garnish)

milk (about 500 ml) or 1 1/2 cups milk and 1/2 cup heavy cream • cornstarch • small cup sugar, or to taste • Orange blossom water and rose water • butter (optional) • tea biscuits

milk (about 1.2 liters) • fine semolina • sugar • whipped topping powder • clotted cream (or 1 can table cream) • Simple syrup or honey • Chopped nuts for garnish • Orange blossom water

milk (about 1.2 liters) • semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar, or to taste (about 100 grams) • rose water • orange blossom water • clotted cream or ashta (about 12 ounces/340 grams) • Chopped pistachios for garnish, • Caramel Syrup: • sugar (about 200 grams) • water (about 240 ml) • lemon juice • rose water •

First layer: • milk (about 710 ml) • fine semolina (about 120–160 grams) • sugar, or to taste (about 50 grams) • Flavorings: orange blossom water and rose water • Second layer: • heavy cream (about 240 ml) • table cream (such as Nestlé, about 170 grams) • For garnish: chopped pistachios or as desired • For serving: sugar syrup (as desired)

milk (about 480 ml) • flour (about 16 grams) • sugar (about 25 grams) • orange blossom water (about 15 ml) • vanilla extract (about 5 ml) • milk (about 480 ml) • sugar (about 25 grams) • cocoa powder (about 7 grams) • flour (about 16 grams) • dark chocolate • orange juice (about 240 ml) • cornstarch (about 8 grams) •

For Layali Lubnan: • whole milk (about 950 ml) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 50 grams) • little rose water or orange blossom water • For garnish: 2 containers of ashta (clotted cream or thickened cream) • Pistachios • Simple syrup • For Muhallabia: • milk (about 355 ml) • cornstarch (about 180 grams) • sugar (about 300 grams) •

First layer: • fine semolina (about 320 grams) • butter (about 55 grams) • simple syrup (about 120 ml) • milk (about 480 ml) • ground cinnamon • milk (about 480 ml) • water (about 240 ml) • cornstarch (about 32 grams) • sugar (about 50 grams) • butter (about 14 grams) • vanilla extract •

powdered milk (about 300 grams) • water (about 2.1 liters) • heaping tablespoons cornstarch (or cornflour) (about 40 grams) • sugar (or more, to taste) (about 400 grams) • rose water and 2 tablespoons orange blossom water • For the caramelized apples: • large yellow apples (yellow preferred, as red apples turn mushy when cooked) • sugar (about 100 grams) • butter (about 14 grams)

strawberry-flavored gelatin dessert (like Jell-O) • Cornstarch • Milk • Sugar • vanilla extract or vanilla sugar

fine rice flour (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 300 grams) • water (about 2.1 liters) • ground caraway • ground cinnamon • ground anise • ground fennel seed • For garnish: • shredded coconut (about 80 grams) • raw almonds and walnuts (about 140 grams total) • raw pine nuts (about 90 grams)

water (about 1.65 liters) • rice flour (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 300 grams) • ground caraway • ground cinnamon • ground anise • Mixed nuts for garnish (such as pine nuts, walnuts, almonds, pistachios, and raisins)

water (about 2.1 liters) • sugar (about 400 grams) • caraway seeds • ground cinnamon • finely ground rice (about 180 grams) • For garnish: • shredded coconut (about 80 grams) • Nuts for garnish as desired (walnuts, almonds, pistachios, pine nuts)

milk (about 1.2 liters) • semolina (about 160 grams) • sugar (about 65 grams) • egg • vanilla extract • butter • orange blossom water • Filling: • very cold milk (about 240 ml) • whipped cream powder • plain Nestlé cream (or plain canned cream, about 120 grams) • Ground pistachios