🥙 Middle Eastern Vegetarian

Yogurt Musakhan

Name: Yogurt Musakhan
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 53 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 500 g Yogurt; 200 ml Heavy Cream; to taste Salt; 1, sliced into rings Onion; 1 tbsp, for the dish Olive Oil; 1 tsp Ground Cumin; 4 Pita Bread; 2 Red Onion; 100 g, grated Cheese; 50 g Pine Nuts; 2 tbsp Sumac

🥙 Middle Eastern

Jerusalem musakhan — sumac onions and yogurt piled on crisp bread, pine nuts on top. Ready in 53 minutes including prep.

Prep 18 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Yogurt500 g
Heavy Cream200 ml
Saltto taste
Onion1, sliced into rings
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 yogurt.
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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Watch how it's made

Video: Palestinian Musakhan Part 4 of 5 Feast in the Middle East:Episode 1 · on YouTube