Zaatar and Cheese Breakfast Bake
This is an on-the-go breakfast of one dish. By just mixing and then baking flour with zaatar, cheese, and other additives, you will get a tasty breakfast that fits all, including picky eaters.
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ½ tablespoon baking powder
- ½ cup fresh zaatar leaves or oregano
- ¼ cup milk
- ⅔ cup yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- ½ cup Akawi or Nabulsi cheese soaked to get rid of excess salt. Add more or less to taste.
- 1 teaspoon sumac optional
- ¼ cup zaatar Optional, for topping
- sesame seeds for topping
- black seeds for topping
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, crack the eggs, and add the lemon zest to the eggs in the bowl.
- Drizzle the olive oil over the eggs.
- Add the yogurt, and the milk and whisk them all manually until you get a smooth mixture.
- In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients - flour, baking powder, fresh zaatar leaves, sumac (if using) and salt.
- Add the previous mixture to this dry combination, and blend them all together to get a cake like batter.
- Pour half of the batter into a sprayed and lined 9 inch pan.
- Add the cubed cheese.
- Top with the remaining batter. Now, if you'd like, top with zatar, sesame seeds, and black seeds.
- Bake it in a preheated oven at 350 F for 15-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Wait till it cools off, cut it into pieces, and serve with labaneh and tomatoes, olives and pickles for a full Palestinian style breakfast.
Notes
- You can prepare the baking dough ahead of time and keep it refrigerated, but make sure to cover and seal it tightly.
- When you get it out of the fridge, let it rest at room temperature for 20-30 minutes, and then bake it.
- Make sure that all ingredients are at room temperature for the bake to rise and become soft.
- To enhance the zaatar flavor even more, you can sprinkle the cut pieces with the dry zaatar paste.
Nutrition
Calories: 300kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 6gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 67mgSodium: 275mgPotassium: 187mgFiber: 4gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 509IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 270mgIron: 14mg
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