Manakish, singular manousheh, is a popular Levantine pastry consisting of dough topped with za'atar, cheese, or ground meat, which can be sliced or folded and served for breakfast or lunch. Traditionally women baked dough in a communal oven each morning to meet their family's daily bread needs, preparing smaller portions with different toppings for breakfast, using saj and taboon as common traditional cooking instruments; manakish are popular across the Levant and in centers of Levantine emigration, and in 2023 were inscribed to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists as an emblematic culinary practice in Lebanon.
Facts
Origin Period, From (Year) Origin Region Classification
Dietary Suitability Connections
In Cuisine
Source Manakish (Wikipedia)
Uses Ingredient
Source Wikipedia: Manakish
Source Wikipedia: Manakish
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: The Levant, originated there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Manakish
Introduction
Manakish is a popular Levantine pastry, consisting of dough topped with za'atar, cheese, or ground meat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manakish (dietary-suitability)
Manakish, singular man'ousheh is a popular Levantine pastry, consisting of dough topped with za'atar, cheese, or ground meat.
- Uses Ingredient: Cheese, Infobox main_ingredient field: Dough, za'atar, cheese or ground meat
- Uses Ingredient: Za'atar, Infobox main_ingredient field: Dough, za'atar, cheese or ground meat
View the Source2. Manakish (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia 'Manakish' 2026-09-27, citing baking-history.com: 'manakish can be traced back to ancient Phoenicia between 2500 BC and 539 BC' (circa midpoint of the stated range).
- In Cuisine: Lebanese Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
View the SourceReader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.