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Cheese Manakish Recipe | How to make Manakesh Cheese recipe

By Fareeha 10 Comments February 14, 2025

Cheese Manakish Recipe – A simple and tasty Arabic Flat Bread topped with delicious cheese and baked to perfection.

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4.20 from 5 votes
Cheese Manakish Recipe - A simple and tasty Arabic Flat Bread topped with delicious cheese and baked to perfection.
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
Total Time 35 minutes minutes
Cheese Manakish Recipe - A simple and tasty Arabic Flat Bread topped with delicious cheese and baked to perfection.

Living in Dubai exposes us to the delicious Arabic cuisine which otherwise would have been lost on us. Apart from the delicious other Middle Eastern dishes like the Easy & Best Chicken Shawarma Wrap recipe, Chicken Fatayer Recipe-How to make fatayer or the Cheese Fatayer recipe with fatayer dough recipe, the Cheese Manakish recipe is also a hot favorite here. You would find it in almost all the supermarkets. You will find different flavored manakish.

Be it with cheese, zaatar, labneh or even meat. And every place that I have tried has different taste. And all of us like different breads from different places. Ha ha.. And it is pretty hard to select one favorite place which could satisfy all of us. So there is always someone who is not happy with place we order. Well, that was until I started making the Manakish at home. The Cheese Manakish recipe was so fool proof that each one of us liked it and totally relished it.

Cheese Manakish Recipe - A simple and tasty Arabic Flat Bread topped with delicious cheese and baked to perfection.

Today, I will be sharing the Cheese Manakish recipe, you will find more varieties later on. Even making the Manakish dough is pretty simple and easy to put together and it does not take a long time to make. We do not let it rise like the other dough recipes for a long time. It will hardly take just 20 to 30 minutes to put together the dough and flatten it. You can gather your ingredients, pre – heat your oven and start with making the dough. I have used equal mix of halloumi and mozarella cheese.

But you can make it with any kind of cheese that you like. I have even tried it with the feta cheese and quite liked it too. But my first preference is always halloumi as I prefer to use the feta when making the fatayer. You can experiment with different kind of cheese till you are satisfied with the flavor.

Cheese Manakish Recipe - A simple and tasty Arabic Flat Bread topped with delicious cheese and baked to perfection.

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Cheese Manakish Recipe-Manakesh Cheese recipe

Cheese Manakish Recipe – A simple and tasty Arabic Flat Bread topped with delicious cheese and baked to perfection.
4.20 from 5 votes
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Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Fa’s Kitchen

Ingredients

  • 21/2 cups all-purpose flour / maida
  • 1 packet / 11 gms instant yeast
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup warm water
  • 1/2 cup whole milk lukewarm
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
  • 1 cup halloumi cheese shredded
  • 1 egg beaten

Instructions

  • Add yeast, sugar, salt and yeast to the warm water. Let it activate for 5 minutes.
  • Add this water, milk and the beaten egg to the all purpose flour and mix.
  • Now add in the olive oil and knead for about couple of minutes. Cover with damp muslin cloth and let it rest for 10 minutes.
  • After 10 minutes, make 4 dough balls and roll into circles with the help of a rolling pin while dusting with flour.
  • Spread the shredded halloumi and mozzarella cheese on top.
  • Bake in a preheated oven of 180 C for about 15 – 20 minutes. Serve hot.


For more Arabic / Middle Eastern recipe, try Kunafa Recipe-Knafeh Recipe with Kataifi

Traditional One Pot Harees Recipe

Farrouj Meshwi Recipe-Arabic Garlic Chicken recipe

Until next time,

Fareeha.

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categoriesFiled Under: Breakfast, Appetizers and Snacks, Arabic / Middle Eastern Recipe, Main Ingredients, Roti / Breads February 14, 2025

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Comments

  1. Babrra says

    February 19, 2017 at 10:43 am

    Hello! Thanks for the recipe! What do you mean 21/2 cups all-purpose flour? Does it really mean 21 cups?

    Thanks,
    Maria

    Reply
    • Fa's Kitchen says

      February 20, 2017 at 8:52 am

      Hi Babrra.. I meant 2 and half cup or 2.5 cup….. Sorry for the confusion
      Just imagining how many manakish we could make with 21 cups.. It would be a feast, isn’t it!!

      Reply
    • liza Pines says

      February 27, 2017 at 12:25 am

      2 and 1/2 cups

      Reply
  2. Joe says

    June 3, 2017 at 4:20 pm

    Is the dough supposed to come out oily wet?

    Reply
    • Fa's Kitchen says

      June 8, 2017 at 5:37 pm

      It should be sticky. But again it depends upon the quality of the flour I guess. While the measurement was perfect for me earlier. Ever since I have relocated, I have found that this measurement is not getting me desired results. I have tried to reduce the milk and have found the desired consistency.

      Reply
  3. Chari Rezek says

    December 15, 2018 at 9:01 pm

    dough recipe is perfect…hubby and daughter was happy!

    Reply
    • Fareeha says

      December 15, 2018 at 9:33 pm

      Thank you so much for taking the time to send in the feedback, Chari.
      I am so glad your family enjoyed it. Please do try more recipes from the blog.

      Reply
  4. Ashley says

    January 25, 2020 at 7:26 am

    These were incredible! The dough was so soft and fluffy – I suck at making bread doughs but this one turned out perfect. I didn’t have halloumi so I just substituted it with some feta and it worked great. Will definitely make it again!

    Reply
    • Fareeha says

      February 21, 2020 at 4:34 pm

      Thank you so much for the feedback. Totally appreciate you taking time for leaving a reply after trying. It makes my day.

      Reply
  5. Nidhi Parekh says

    September 9, 2020 at 4:03 pm

    Hello, I don’t eat eggs – can I replace with something else or omit completely?

    Reply
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