BEIT KANZ MAAMOUL JEBNE

Beit Kanz Maamoul Jebne is an authentic, ethically made, and entirely natural expression of one of Lebanon’s most treasured and deeply beloved traditional sweets, crafted from a fragrant, buttery dough filled with a delicately sweetened cheese blend of akkawi and mozzarella, perfumed with orange blossom water and rose water, enriched with ghee, and subtly spiced with mahlab, all with 100% natural ingredients and absolutely no added preservatives, honoring the centuries-old Lebanese pastry tradition that has made maamoul one of the most culturally significant and joyfully anticipated sweets in the entire Levantine culinary heritage.
Maamoul, the iconic hand-molded Lebanese shortbread pastry traditionally prepared and shared during religious celebrations, family gatherings, and festive occasions across Lebanon and the broader Arab world, carries a cultural weight and emotional resonance that goes far beyond its extraordinary flavor, representing the love, craft, and communal spirit that Lebanese food culture has always celebrated at its most meaningful and deeply human. The cheese-filled variation, maamoul jebne, is among the most beloved and distinctive expressions of this traditional pastry, achieving a remarkable balance between the buttery, crumbly richness of the outer dough and the soft, gently sweet, and delicately perfumed cheese filling within that makes every single bite a genuinely extraordinary and deeply satisfying experience.
The filling blend of akkawi and mozzarella is where the authentic Lebanese character of this maamoul truly shines. Akkawi, the traditional white brined cheese that is one of the most fundamental and beloved dairy ingredients in Lebanese and Levantine cooking, contributes its distinctive mild, lightly salty, and gently tangy character alongside a smooth, yielding texture that pairs beautifully with the stretchy, creamy richness of mozzarella to create a cheese filling of perfect balance, gentle sweetness, and deeply authentic Lebanese dairy character. Powdered sugar sweetens the filling with a delicate, refined lightness that allows the natural cheese character and the extraordinary aromatic complexity of the orange blossom and rose water to express themselves fully and beautifully without being overwhelmed by sweetness.

Orange blossom water and rose water are the soul of this maamoul’s aromatic identity, the two most celebrated and deeply evocative floral waters in the entire Lebanese pastry tradition, perfuming every bite with a hauntingly beautiful, delicately floral fragrance that is as unmistakably Lebanese as the cedar tree and as deeply embedded in the sensory memory of Lebanese culinary culture as any flavor or aroma the country’s extraordinary food heritage has ever produced. Ghee, the clarified butter that gives the dough its distinctive richness, depth, and the characteristic crumbly shortbread texture that defines great maamoul, brings its own naturally complex, nutty warmth and superior baking quality to every carefully molded piece. Mahlab, the aromatic cherry kernel spice that has been used in Lebanese and Middle Eastern pastry making for centuries, adds a subtle, bittersweet, and distinctively floral note to the dough that completes the authentic maamoul flavor profile with a depth and complexity that no other spice can replicate.

Made with no added preservatives and entirely natural ingredients that honor both the extraordinary traditional dish this represents and the people who eat and share it, Beit Kanz Maamoul Jebne is the taste of Lebanon’s most treasured pastry tradition crafted with the authentic ingredient quality, ethical integrity, and genuine love for Lebanese culinary heritage that this iconic sweet has always deserved and that every bite of it so completely and beautifully delivers.

Ingredients:
Akkawi cheese, Mozzarella cheese, fine semolina flour, semolina flour, powdered sugar, orange blossom water, rose water, ghee, mehlab.

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$11.00

2 in stock