• Home
  • Lebanese Cooking Videos are here!
  • Kind Mentions
  • Unsubscribe
  • Experience
  • Some of my favorite sites

ma_logo

  • meet maureen abood
  • recipes
  • cookbook
  • video
  • THE BLOG
  • shop!
 
  • facebook twitter pinterest instagram rss feedly bloglovin
 

Lebanese Knafeh Jibneh with Orange Blossom Syrup

By Maureen Abood On May 3, 2013 · 34 Comments · In Pastry and Sweets, Stories and Recipes, Your Favorites
The knafeh was the saving grace that morning. We were driving from Beirut to Tripoli on a quest, my quest, to see the famous Hallab bakery at its source. There had been the friendly assistance of a Lebanese chef in the U.S., who was connecting me with the owners of Hallab in hopes of a [...]
Read More »
Orange Blossom Simple Syrup, MaureenAbood.com

Orange Blossom Simple Syrup recipe

By Maureen Abood On May 2, 2013 · 5 Comments · In Ingredients, Stories and Recipes
So many Lebanese pastries rely on orange blossom syrup for flavor, for fragrance. And though the syrup is truly simple in its method and short ingredient list, there are a few different approaches to it: some with more sugar than water, longer or shorter cooking times, a mix of rosewater and orange blossom water, or [...]
Read More »

Ingredient: Shredded phyllo pastry (kataifi, knafeh, kanafe, kenafeh, kunafeh…)

By Maureen Abood On April 30, 2013 · 26 Comments · In Ingredients
That list of spellings for knafeh (kuh-NAF-ee), shredded phyllo dough, seems to go on and on. Knafeh dough is typically called kataifi dough, which is the Greek iteration of knafeh. Like the sheets of phyllo used for baklawa, the shredded dough is used to make several different kinds of Lebanese pastry, typically of the buttery, [...]
Read More »
 
  • Popular
  • Recent
  • Comments
  • Tags
  • Technique: How to hull a strawberryTo hull a strawberry the goal is to take as [...]
  • Ingredient: Rose waterRose water is the distilled essence of rose petals. In [...]
  • Strawberry Rose LemonadeHello and welcome! Since this blog is named for two [...]
  • Porch time: Strawberry Rose Lemonade (Part II)This post and story about Strawberry Rose Lemonade was the [...]
  • Lebanese Eggplant Boats, another Sheik al MehshehLebanese eggplant boats are the traditional way to make Sheik [...]
  • End-of-Summer Lebanese RecipesI’m making my list of recipes for this bountiful end-of-summer [...]
  • Tomato KibbehTomato kibbeh is a flavorful mix of fine bulgur onion [...]
  • Za'atar Roasted Tomato Crostini with LabnehZa’atar with summer’s cherry or grape tomatoes slow-roasted are incredibly [...]
  • "Phoebe, you're absolutely right--the recipe had d"
    on Homemade Falafel Recipe
  • "Thank you Michelle! My mom always added the cheese"
    on Lebanese Eggplant Boats, […]
  • "I can't find the actual recipe.. I am sure it is "
    on Homemade Falafel Recipe
apricots Bread breakfast cake Chicken chickpeas chocolate Cookies Dessert Family favorite things Harbor Springs Inspirational Quotes Laban Labne labneh Lebanese Michigan Mint Orange blossom water Pastry Photography Postcards Rose Water Strawberries tahini tomatoes Up North yogurt za'atar

  • Subscribe by Email


  • Send me an email at
    maureen@maureenabood.com
  • maureen abood
    facebook twitter pinterest instagram rss feedly bloglovin

  • Rose Water & Orange Blossoms: Fresh and Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen
    “A terrific and important book!” — Anthony Bourdain
  • Winner! Saveur Best Food Blog Awards

  • ingredients

    techniques

    recipes

    video

  • Popular Posts

    • HomeHome
    • Lebanese Spinach Pies, or fatayar, or whateverLebanese Spinach Pies, or fatayar, or whatever
    • Technique: How to cook potatoes perfectly for saladTechnique: How to cook potatoes perfectly for salad
  • maureen abood
  • IACP
 
Copyright 2011-2017 Maureen Abood