Ingredients: For the Pastry: 1 kilo of hard flour 750 grams of soft flour 1 cup of sourdough starter 175 grams of vegetable shortening 4 cups of warm water 3/4 of a cup of corn oil 3/4 tsp of salt 1/4 tsp of mastic 1/4 tsp of mahleb kernels For the Filling: 1 kilo of […]

In Greek: χωριάτικο ψωμί, pronounced hoh-ree-AH-tee-koh psoh-MEE In villages around Greece, this classic bread is still baked in outdoor wood-burning ovens. This bread is more dense than other types of bread (the loaf at right measures about 13 inches across and weighs a little more than 2 pounds) and can be made with a variety […]

Original Recipe: al-Baghdadi p. 212/14 Take fine white flour, and with every ratl mix three uqiya of sesame-oil (one part oil to four of flour), kneading into a firm paste. Leave to rise; then make into long loaves. Put into the middle of each loaf a suitable quantity of ground almonds and scented sugar mixed with rose water, […]

Ingredients: 4 kg plus 4 cups of soft flour (pastry flour) 6 cups of hard flour (bread flour) 6 tsp of salt 4 cups of vegetable shortening 4 cups of sugar 7 cups of warm water 1 level tsp of powder cinnamon 1 level tsp of powder cloves 4 level tsp of crushed anise 1 […]