
🥙 Middle Eastern Vegetarian
Potato Musakhan
🥙 Middle Eastern
Jerusalem musakhan — sumac onions and potato piled on crisp bread, pine nuts on top. About 48 minutes from fridge to table.
Prep 18 min Cook 30 min Serves 4 Hard
Ingredients
- Heavy Cream200 ml
- Saltto taste
- Onion1, sliced into rings
- Potato4
- Olive Oil1 tbsp, for the dish
- Ground Cumin1 tsp
- Pita Bread4
- Red Onion2
- Cheese100 g, grated
- Pine Nuts50 g
- Sumac2 tbsp
Optional extras
- Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish
Instructions
- 1
Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.
- 2
Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the potato.
- 3
Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the ground cumin.
- 4
Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.
- 5
Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.
Chef's tip
Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.
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