Bread butter

About 2.2 lbs ground pita bread (weight after grinding) • melted ghee or unsalted butter • orange food coloring • room temperature water • As much as you like of ashta (clotted cream; see previous recipe for how to make it) • As much as you like of mozzarella cheese (optional) • Thick sugar syrup (simple syrup)

white sandwich bread (1 loaf, crusts removed and finely ground) • butter • orange blossom water • For the cream filling: • whole milk (about 710 ml) • cornstarch • sugar • canned or fresh clotted cream (or substitute with thick cream) • orange blossom water • For garnish: • simple syrup (about 120 ml) • Ground pistachios

pita bread, cut into pieces • cooked chickpeas (about 330 grams) • chickpea cooking water (about 240 ml) • plain yogurt (about 120 ml) • tahini • Juice of 1 lemon • garlic clove • salt • For garnish: • Chopped parsley • Toasted almonds in butter or ghee • cumin and paprika •

soft white sandwich bread, crusts removed and dried • butter • orange blossom water • For the cheese mixture • fine semolina • sugar • powdered milk • water (710 ml) • Nestlé cream (or 1 can table cream, about 7 oz/200 grams) • orange blossom water • water (710 ml) • mozzarella cheese •

butter • soft white bread • shredded mozzarella cheese • fine semolina • For the cream: • milk • sugar • rose water • For the syrup: • sugar • water • lemon •

whole wheat bread (white bread can be used) • boneless chicken breasts, cut into small pieces • mushrooms, sliced • corn • garlic, finely crushed • curry powder • oregano • paprika • onion powder • Salt and black pepper to taste • mozzarella cheese • For the béchamel sauce: •

medium onions, sliced • butter (about 28 grams) • olive oil (about 60 ml) • all-purpose flour (about 16 grams) • sugar (about 25 grams) • minced garlic • Spices: a pinch of salt, a pinch of black pepper, a pinch of dried thyme • Toasted baguette • shredded mozzarella cheese (about 113 grams)

red lentils (about 200 grams) • potato • carrot • tomato • onion • zucchini • small piece celery root • garlic cloves • butter (about 14 grams) • Salt to taste • cumin • For serving: •

cooked chickpeas (about 300 grams) • plain yogurt (about 500 grams) • pita bread, toasted in the oven • melted butter • Mixed nuts (such as pine nuts or almonds), as desired • tahini • garlic, minced • Salt, to taste

cooked chickpeas (about 500 grams) • plain yogurt (about 500 grams) • garlic • Toasted or fried pita bread, as desired • clarified butter or ghee • small handful of almonds, pine nuts, or cashews, whichever you have available • dried mint • Salt

plain yogurt (about 2 kilograms) • cooked chickpeas • Toasted pita bread • garlic • clarified butter (ghee) • Slivered almonds for garnish • tahini • lemon juice • Salt to taste

Chickpeas • plain yogurt (about 360 ml) • tahini • Toasted or fried pita bread • garlic cloves • Salt to taste • cumin • mixed nuts such as cashews, blanched almonds, or pine nuts (use what you have) • butter or olive oil • Optional: ground beef

chicken breast (about 500 grams) • water (1 liter), for boiling the chicken • small cup white rice • Cinnamon • For the yogurt sauce: • plain yogurt (or more, depending on the amount cooked) • tahini • little water • Salt • Spices for boiling the chicken: • Bay • Nutmeg •

chicken thighs (about 1 kg) • To cook the chicken: • onions • cinnamon stick • whole black peppercorns • whole cloves • bay leaf • basmati rice (about 400 grams) • chicken cooking broth (about 950 ml) • oil (60 ml) • onion • bouillon cube •

boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 1 kg) • green bell pepper • red bell pepper • large yellow onion for the kebab • parsley for the kebab • flour • clarified butter or ghee • paprika • black pepper • ground coriander • seven spice blend • salt •

pita bread, cut into pieces • cooked chickpeas (about 85 grams) • plates cooked rice with vermicelli • roasted cashews (about 65 grams) • butter (about 14 grams) • boiled chicken breast • cumin • salt • chicken bouillon cube • garlic cloves • plain yogurt (about 480 grams) • tahini (about 15 grams)

cooked chickpeas (about 450 grams) • plain yogurt (about 1 kilogram) • garlic • hummus with tahini • Salt • dried mint • Fried pita bread • Mixed nuts • cumin • Hummus with tahini • butter

small eggplants • ground beef (about 200 grams) • Black pepper • Salt • grated tomatoes • onion, sliced into wedges • Toasted pita bread, cut into • plain yogurt • tahini • garlic clove • chopped parsley • Clarified butter or ghee •

large loaves fried pita bread • plain yogurt (about 1 kilogram) • garlic • Mixed nuts • ground cumin • Butter for toasting the nuts • cooked chickpeas (large bowl)

beef steak (about 200 grams) • chicken breast, cut for shawarma (about 200 grams) • small pita bread • Pickled cucumbers • Garlic • Pomegranate molasses • Potatoes, as desired • clarified butter (about 30 grams)

cooked chickpeas (about 1 kilogram) • toasted pita bread • hummus with tahini • lemons • salt, or to taste • sumac • ground cumin • tahini • cooking liquid from chickpeas (about 240 ml) • Mixed nuts, as desired • Clarified butter (ghee) for frying the nuts

soft white sandwich bread • unsalted butter (about 1/4 cup or 55 grams) • For the cream filling: • whole milk (about 950 ml) • coarse semolina (about 320 grams) • table cream (such as Nestlé, about 7.6 oz or 215 grams) • shelled pistachios, chopped, for garnish (about 65 grams) • vanilla extract • orange blossom water • Shredded mozzarella cheese (as needed) • About 4 cups simple syrup (about 950 ml)

smooth hummus • Cooked whole chickpeas • plain yogurt (about 240 ml), 3 garlic cloves • tahini (about 120 ml) • Juice of 1 lemon • pita breads, cut into pieces and either fried or toasted in the oven (your choice) • clarified butter or ghee (about 30 grams) • Almonds • Cumin, salt, and paprika

boneless, skinless chicken breast (500 grams) • plain yogurt • Juice of 1 lemon • garlic cloves • white vinegar • black pepper • ground cinnamon • paprika • ground ginger • ground cardamom • ground turmeric • dried cilantro •

fine bulgur wheat, minus 1 1/2 cups (set those aside for another recipe) • medium onion, finely chopped • pita bread, cut up and soaked in water • egg white • paprika • black pepper • cumin • dried mint • salt • water, • For the filling: • ground beef or lamb •

yogurt • cooked chickpeas • garlic, crushed • Lebanese bread, toasted • butter • Salt to taste • cumin for garnish • dried mint • vinegar • tahini • Fried cashews for garnish

tahini • garlic, minced • quantity of pine nuts • butter for toasting pine nuts • salt • sheep's milk yogurt (about 400 grams) • pre-soaked and cooked chickpeas (about 200 grams) • Lebanese flatbread

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 •

large baguette • unsalted butter (100 grams) • fresh parsley • garlic • shredded mozzarella cheese (200 grams) • grated Parmesan cheese (50 grams) • Salt • Black pepper