Our secret recipe to bake a yummy Arabic bread

Arabic Bread
Ingredients
4 cups flour
1 tablespoon milk powder
1 tablespoon dry yeast
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon salt
2 tablespoons soft butter
1¾ cup water

Preparation

- Preheat the oven to 450 °C.
- Mix flour, sugar, salt, yeast and milk powder.
- Add butter and stir well and then knead with water.
- Cut the dough into rounded pieces and spread.
- Bake in the preheated oven on a hot stone for 8 minutes until it rises.

The dough can be filled in many ways:
1
- Spread the dough and shape like a circle.
- Garnish the dough with yellow cheese, tomato, olive oil and thyme on a shape of a rose.
- Place in a preheated oven to 450 °C until it is baked then serve hot.
2
- Cut the bread straight across into two pieces, top and bottom.
- Put Mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, or layers of Mozzarella and chicken pieces and fold with the crust.
- Place on a hot greased pan and turn when browned.
- Wrap in aluminum foil and place in a medium oven until warm.
3
- Garnish the bread with tomato rings, cheese, thyme and olive oil.
- Bake in a medium oven until done.

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Semolina Cake in Chocolate Cups with whipped cream

Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter, for greasing pan
¾ cup milk
¼ cup plain yogurt
1 ⅓ cups sugar
2 ½ cups semolina flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon vanilla
½ cup melted, clarified butter
1 ½ cups candied fruits (optional)
⅓ cup shredded coconut
Hot Sugar Syrup
1¼ cup melted dark chocolate, for the cups
Whipped cream or golden Meringue for garnish

Method
● Preheat oven to 180˚C (350˚F). Grease a rectangular cake pan (20 x 30cm /
8x12in) with butter. Line two 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners.
● In a large bowl, combine milk, yogurt and sugar; stir to completely dissolve sugar. In another bowl, mix semolina flour, baking powder, and vanilla; add to the milk mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon until well combined. Stir in clarified butter until smooth. Add candied fruits and coconut and mix well. Pour batter into prepared cake pan and smooth surface.
● Bake for 35 minutes, or until golden.
● Remove cake pan from oven. Turn off oven, pour warm syrup over cake and return to oven. Close oven door halfway, and let cake and oven cool.
● Meanwhile, prepare the chocolate cups: Fill a cupcake liner with about 1 tablespoon melted chocolate. Use a small spoon to cover bottom and sides of liner with chocolate, pouring off any excess. Repeat with remaining liners, returning all to pans. Refrigerate pans and liners until firm.
● Gently peel off liners and arrange cups on a serving plate. Scoop basbousa into chocolate cups and garnish with whipped cream or golden meringue.

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