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Kubaneh
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Kubaneh – Pareve version

Yeast dough divided into balls (or thin rolled-up squares), spread with soft butter and layered in a greased round pot, left to rise and baked in the oven inside the pot. Here based on the recipes themselves, with no verified source. Pareve version: Margarine.

⏱ 2 hr 29 min🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Dough base

  1. 1
    Mix the flour, yeast and salt in a large bowl.
    Bowl
  2. 2
    Add the lukewarm water and olive oil and Knead about 10 minutes, until the dough is smooth, pliable and doesn't stick to your hands.
    ⚙ KneadingBowlStand mixer
    💡For yeast dough, use the windowpane test: a small piece stretches into a thin, translucent sheet without tearing, and that's the sign the kneading is done. Add flour only by the tablespoon, and only if the dough is still sticky after a few minutes: too much flour makes a tough dough.
  3. 3
    Cover and Let rise about an hour in a warm place, until the dough doubles in size.
    ⚙ ProofingPlastic wraporKitchen towel
    💡Let rise in a warm, draft-free spot. The dough is ready when it has doubled, and a gentle finger press leaves a dent that fills back slowly; if it springs right back, wait longer.

To assemble

  1. 4
    Divide the dough into balls 0.
    Rolling pin
  2. 5
    Grease the round pot with the oil.
    Pot
  3. 6
    Put a ball of dough in the bottom of the pot. Spread each ball with the butter and arrange in layers.
  4. 7
    Cover and let rise 30 minutes.
    Kitchen towel
  5. 8
    Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  6. 9
    Put the pot in the oven and bake 35 minutes.
    OvenPot
649calories
11 gprotein
69 gcarbs
35 gfat
● protein 7%● carbs 44%● fat 50%

Per serving (196 g), of 4 servings

For the Dough base · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Rolling pin · Also works: Glass (for drinking/serving) (Bottle/glass, less even rolling) · Pasta machine (For pasta dough)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Kitchen towel · Also works: Plastic wrap (Plastic wrap over the bowl) · Paper towels (None)

Helps, not needed: Stand mixer

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Ball size (the size of a large egg) · Thin rolled-up squares (number of balls) (8) · Lowering the heat midway (degrees) (180) · Doneness cue (until golden) · Strips (number of balls) (8) · Over a very low flame instead of in the oven (overnight) · Tomato paste for serving · Serving (with a hard-boiled egg) · Rolled rounds stacked on each other (number of balls) (8) · Long bake covered with aluminum foil (8 hours)
  • The pot: the round pot
  • Rising time in the pot: 30 minutes
  • Oven temperature (°C): 180
  • Baking time (minutes): 35
  • Baking time after lowering the heat (minutes): 20

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