My Family Manaeesh -- Arabic/Islamic Cheese Spread for Bread

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups white cheese (crumbled)
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed with
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or browned pine nuts
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Directions

1. 1

   Combine all ingerdients and let sit 2-4 hours for flavor to develop.

2. 2

   This can be made and spread on bread as is though is most commonly and traditionally placed onto the surface of a pita-type dough and pushed into the surface before baking. PLEASE DO NOT use feta cheese. It is not used and is far too salty for this.

3. 3

   In Morocco we do not see pita breas so we use a bread like "MY ROUGH KHOUBZ" which is posted here on zaar.

4. 4

   The thyme is used in some countries in up to 2 teaspoons It depends on your own tolerance for it and I like it as a forward flavor but not to overpower.

5. 5

   You can use stor bought pita bread and place the cheese onto the top of that, pushing slightly so it stays on and bake in a 375 degree oven until hot, approximately 8-10 minutes.

6. 6

   This makes approximately 2 cups of cheese mix.