Mana’eesh

Mana’eesh is extremely popular in Lebanon, where it is consumed in the morning with breakfast or during the middle of the day with a cup of tea and some other snacks. I think it is a fabulous bread to enjoy with a middle-eastern meal or with popular dips like hummusByesar or Baba Ganoush.

Now, what about that name? Most people outside the Middle East pronounce (and spell) this bread as Maneesh – something I also did for many years…until a dear friend with Syrian and Lebanese roots corrected my butchered pronunciation. She told

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Mana’eesh is extremely popular in Lebanon, where it is consumed in the morning with breakfast or during the middle of the day with a cup of tea and some other snacks. I think it is a fabulous bread to enjoy with a middle-eastern meal or with popular dips like hummusByesar or Baba Ganoush.

Now, what about that name? Most people outside the Middle East pronounce (and spell) this bread as Maneesh – something I also did for many years…until a dear friend with Syrian and Lebanese roots corrected my butchered pronunciation. She told me the name, which means something like chiseled, comes from how it is formed and given dimples like Italian focaccia. Oh…Mana’eesh is the plural form. Call it Man’oushe if making just one bread…but this bread is so good, there isn’t a reason to make just one!

Difficulty: simple- to moderate
Yield:  makes two flatbreads