Palestinian Thyme Mutabbaq

Ingredients

Dough

• 7 cups flour
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp milk powder
• About 2 1/2 cups warm water for kneading

Filling

• About 1 kg fresh thyme, cleaned and dried
• 2 onions, grated
• 1 tbsp citric acid (lemon salt)
• 4 tbsp sumac
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup olive oil

For rolling and baking

• 1 cup olive oil or more

Method

1. Knead the dough ingredients well and let it rest in a warm place for at least an hour.
2. Mix the filling ingredients together and let them sit for an hour as well.
3. Divide the dough into about 10 equal balls.
4. Oil the work surface and stretch each ball thin by hand, sprinkling oil as you go. Place the thyme in a strip down the middle, fold a little from the right and a little from the left, add more filling, close one side and fold the other over it. Let it rest.
5. Preheat the oven and oil a tray.
6. Once rested, stretch each filled piece again by hand with olive oil until thin, bake until golden top and bottom, and brush with oil.

Notes

Watch the video or see the photos to learn how to fold the dough.