Jerusalem sesame bread

Ka’ak Al Quds

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley

Published 2020

  • About

Ka’ak Al Quds are stacked high on street corners all over Jerusalem, sold by men young and old, from sunrise to sunset. Pomegranates or oranges often sit on a table alongside, ready to be freshly squeezed. This is breakfast on the go, Jerusalem-style. They are great for breakfast, eaten as they are, but just as good made into a sandwich for lunch or, as Sami used to, to snack on walking home from school.

These are long and thin (rather than round and thick) so, when shaping the doug