Walnut filling

Dough Ingredients: • coarse semolina (about 160 grams) • fine semolina (about 160 grams) • ghee (about 225 grams) • sugar (about 150 grams) • milk (120 ml) • rose water • yeast • mahlab (optional, ground cherry pit spice) • Filling Ingredients: • walnuts, chopped (about 100 grams) • sugar •

labneh • crushed walnuts • garlic, crushed • chili paste or to taste • dried mint • Olive oil

fine semolina (about 4 1/2 cups) • semolina (about 1 3/4 cups) • clarified butter or ghee (about 1 3/4 cups) • sugar (200 grams) • powdered milk (about 50 grams) • mixed orange blossom and rose water (240 ml) • mahlab spice • yeast • Filling: • pistachios (about 2 1/2 cups) • clarified butter or ghee • powdered sugar •

coarse semolina (about 320 grams) • fine semolina flour (about 320 grams) • sugar (about 100 grams) • clarified butter or ghee (about 300 grams) • mahlab spice • yeast • orange blossom water (about 60 ml) • rose water (about 60 ml) • Powdered sugar, for dusting • walnuts (about 200 grams) • sugar (about 50 grams) • small espresso cup (about 1.5 oz/45 ml) mixed orange blossom and rose water

buckets of yogurt • Salt to taste • Sesame seeds • Nigella seeds • Za'atar • Coarse chili pepper • Chili pepper • Bell pepper • Walnuts • Salt • Olive oil or regular oil

ready-made baklava phyllo dough or homemade (see my other recipes for how to make it) • For brushing between layers • butter (about 115 grams) • ghee (about 115 grams) • (Filling) • finely chopped walnuts (about 300 grams) • finely chopped peanuts (about 140 grams) • finely chopped and toasted kataifi pastry with 1 tablespoon ghee (about 70 grams) • shredded coconut, optional (about 40 grams) • ground cinnamon • prepared simple syrup, for soaking (about 120 ml) • (Simple Syrup) Prepare in advance •

fine semolina (about 800 grams) • medium semolina (about 200 grams) • sugar (about 100 grams) • powdered milk (about 25 grams) • orange blossom and rose water mix (about 180 ml) • clarified butter or ghee (about 400 grams) • Filling • dates, pistachios, or walnuts (about 800 grams) • simple syrup • orange blossom water • clarified butter or ghee

Baklava or phyllo dough • melted butter (about 100 grams) • ground pistachios or walnuts (about 250 grams) • ground cardamom • sugar • sugar • water • lemon juice • rose water

kunafa dough • For the filling: • Coarsely ground walnuts • orange blossom water • rose water • simple syrup (about 60 ml)

flour (about 280 grams) • cornstarch (about 60 grams) • powdered milk (about 50 grams) • sugar (about 100 grams) • oil (about 180 ml) • eggs • vanilla • ground cardamom • baking powder • salt • For the filling: • pitted dates •

ground beef or lamb (about 225 grams) • fine bulgur wheat (about 170 grams) • onion • dried marjoram • dried basil • Lemon or orange zest • cumin • Water, • salt • black pepper • all-purpose flour (about 8 grams) • onion •

fine bulgur wheat for kibbeh • lean beef, pounded or ground for kibbeh dough • finely ground beef for filling • large onions • Salt • Black pepper • Vegetable oil for deep frying • clarified butter (about 30 grams) • Pine nuts or walnuts for the filling

finely ground beef (500 grams) • fine bulgur wheat • salt • kibbeh spice mix or seven spice blend • coarsely ground beef (500 grams) • small onions, finely chopped • salt • spice blend • ground cinnamon • walnuts, finely chopped

pumpkin (about 6 1/2 lbs or 3 kg) • fine bulgur (about 1 kg) • onions, finely chopped • small bunch each of fresh mint and basil • salt • cumin • finely ground beef (about 100 grams) • large onions, chopped • dried mint • Cumin • -spice blend • ground walnuts (about 100 grams) •

Fine brown bulgur • Ground beef • Spices, salt, and pepper • Chopped walnuts • Finely chopped onion • lean beef (no fat) and a whole peeled onion • Ground cumin

fine bulgur wheat • lean beef, finely ground • onion • black pepper • Salt to taste • Red pepper paste • For the filling • ground veal • walnuts (about 100 grams) • Salt to taste • Black pepper to taste • vegetable ghee or shortening •

Dough Ingredients • medium-coarse semolina (about 800 grams) • fine semolina (about 400 grams) • unsalted butter or ghee (about 500 grams) • powdered milk • sugar • active dry yeast • simple syrup • orange blossom water • rose water • salt • Walnut Filling Ingredients •

very finely ground beef or kibbeh meat • fine bulgur (about 400 grams) • large onion • fresh mint • fresh basil • Kibbeh spice blend • Salt to taste • hot water (about 360 ml) • baking soda • very finely ground beef • barberries (optional) • seven spice blend •

fine brown bulgur • lean beef • spicy onions • fresh basil leaves • red pepper paste • salt • seven spice blend • cumin (optional) • large cup walnuts • ground beef • ground lamb fat (tail fat) • spicy onions •

For the kibbeh dough, you’ll need: • fine bulgur wheat (about 170 grams) • fine semolina or cracked wheat (about 170 grams) • Warm water, • lean ground beef or lamb (about 225 grams) • Salt and mixed spices • Onion juice • Ground beef or lamb • Chopped onion • Mixed spices, black pepper, and salt • pomegranate molasses • Pine nuts or walnuts (or any nuts you like)

ground beef or lamb (1 kilogram) • walnuts (about 100 grams) • onions • fine bulgur wheat (about 480 grams) • dried mint • cumin • salt • Oil for frying

ground beef or lamb (1 kilogram) • fine bulgur wheat (about 680 grams) • onion • walnuts (about 120 grams) • basil • cumin • salt

finely ground beef • fine bulgur wheat (about 170 grams) • water (about 240 ml) • Kibbeh spice mix or allspice blend • dried marjoram, basil, or cumin • salt • ground cinnamon • sweet or black pepper spice blend • (For the filling) • ground beef • medium onion • salt •

For the dough: • phyllo dough • melted butter (60 g) • For the filling: • shelled pistachios • walnuts • coarsely chopped dark chocolate • sugar • ground cinnamon • finely grated orange zest • For the honey syrup: • sugar •

fine semolina flour • all-purpose flour • (1300 grams) clarified butter or ghee • vegetable oil • ground nutmeg, or to taste • mahlab spice, or to taste • kaak spice (or maamoul spice), or to taste • salt • milk (about 240 ml), for kneading • For the filling: • (1 kg) pitted dates, ground • walnuts, chopped •

(about 9 pounds) fine semolina • dry milk powder • powdered sugar • vegetable oil • melted ghee (or clarified butter) • unsalted butter or margarine (about 1 1/4 cups) • mahlab and mastic (ground) • yeast • warm water • date paste • walnuts • pistachios •

semolina (about 640 grams) • all-purpose flour (about 250 grams) • sugar (about 150 grams) • yeast • mahlab (optional, ground cherry pit spice) • clarified butter or unsalted butter, melted (about 450 grams) • orange blossom water (about 120 ml) • rose water (about 120 ml) • Filling :: • pistachios or walnuts, chopped (about 2 2/3 cups) • rose water (about 60 ml) • powdered sugar (about 60 grams)

fine bulgur (about 320 grams) • medium potatoes, well boiled • onion • cilantro • dried basil • dried mint • tomato paste • cumin • Salt • Black pepper • For the filling: • olive oil •

–6 1/2 lbs pumpkin (2–3 kg) • –3 cups fine bulgur wheat (about 340–510 grams) • flour (about 16 grams) • kibbeh spices • cumin • black pepper • Salt, to taste • For the filling: • chopped spinach (about 450 grams, frozen or fresh) • cooked chickpeas (about 165 grams) • Walnuts, as desired • Pomegranate molasses •

peeled and boiled pumpkin (1 kg) • bulgur wheat (about 340 grams) • flour (about 120 grams) • onions • dried mint • salt • sweet spice blend (such as allspice or cinnamon) • chopped Swiss chard or spinach (about 120 grams) • cooked chickpeas (about 80 grams) • pomegranate seeds (about 80 grams) • chopped walnuts (about 60 grams) • onion, chopped •