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Glossary
LabnehLabneh, also known as laban, is a Lebanese soft fresh cheese made from yogurt. It can be used wherever cream cheese is called for.
Click here to make your own Labneh
Click here for Minted brinjal and labneh creamy mash
Serve Labneh as they do in the Middle East:
Scoop the cheese into a low 'volcano' shape on a plate, forming a slight depression in the centre. Fill the depression with olive oil and sprinkle with fine spearmint. Arrange black olives around the edge, and enjoy with toasted pita bread slices, as the Arabs have done for millennia.
conversion table
½ t = 2 ml
1 t = 5 ml
1 T = 15 ml
½ cup = 125 ml
1 cup = 250 ml
Fahrenheit - Celsius
Subtract 32, then multiply by 0.56
Celsius - Fahrenheit
Multiply by 1.8, then add 32
