Yemenite Honeycomb Bread (Khaliat Al Nahl).. #Baking. The bread looks really nice when finished and it is easier than it looks to prepare. It is important to let the dough rise enough on the final rise so that the bread is very soft. Prep and bake times includes rise times.

Today's Khaliat Al Nahl is a cheese filled honey comb bread recipe, sort of like a pull-apart bread, which is soaked in an orange blossom perfumed syrup after it comes out of the oven. Khaliat al Nahl (خلية نحل) means Beehive or honeycomb. This Middle Eastern (Arabian) sweet dish is named after its appearance resembling a honeycomb and Traditionally, sugar syrup is poured over the bread, but I have used honey syrup, which is super easy to make and tastes just as great. You can cook Yemenite Honeycomb Bread (Khaliat Al Nahl).. #Baking using 15 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Yemenite Honeycomb Bread (Khaliat Al Nahl).. #Baking

You need 3 1/2 cups of All purpose flour.
Prepare 1 cup of Warm Milk.
You need 1 tsp of Sugar.
It's 1 of Egg beaten.
It's 2 tbsp of Yeast.
It's 3 tbsp of Melted butter.
It's of Warm water if required some.
It's of for the filling...
You need of Cheese cubes 24, one each cut into 2.
It's of for the topping ;.
It's 1 cup of sugar.
Prepare 1 cup of Water.
Prepare 1 tsp of Rose water.
Prepare 2 tbsp of Black seeds or sesame seeds.
You need of Milk 1/4 th cup additional for milk wash.

Honingraat brood (khaliat al nahl) is een populair Arabisch brood, meestal gevuld met kaas en bedekt met een suikerstroop. Het kan ook gevuld worden met hartige vullingen en geen suikersiroop als je kiest. Het brood ziet er echt leuk uit als het klaar is en het is. It's called honeycomb bread because of the appearance of the buns all snuggled together.

Yemenite Honeycomb Bread (Khaliat Al Nahl).. #Baking instructions

First of all add yeast and sugar to a cup of warm milk..
Stir lightly and allow it to prove..
Combine the rest of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and add the yeast mix into it..
Make a smooth dough out of it..
Knead it well for 5 minutes and cover..
Allow it to rise by keeping it in a warm place for atleast 2 hours..
After 2 hours, punch down the dough once and divide it into four portions..
Divide further into 12 balls each.
In this way we will have 48 balls out of the 4 portions..
Arrange them all closely just as to resemble a honeycomb..
Give milk wash and sprinkle blackseeds or sesame seeds on top..
Bake in a preheated oven on 180° for 20 to 25 minutes..
Make sugar syrup of one string consistency with all the ingredients listed under it..
While it's still hot and just out of the oven, pour this sugar syrup on top so as to drench it completely..
Tadaa!!!!!! It's all ready to be devoured..

It also uses one of Yemen's most famous food products: sidr Share your creations by tagging @notquitenigella on Instagram with the hashtag #notquitenigella. Khaliat nahal / Honeycomb Bread is a popular Arabic bread/middle eastern delicacy which is soft,buttery cheese-filled bread/rolls soaked in a sugar syrup that served as a sweet dish particularly suitable for Iftar. Today its MFB challenge … Khaliat al-nahl, Yemeni honeycomb bread, Qahwah House, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Khaliat al Nahal (known by many as Khaliat Nahal) simply means Bee's Hive. This is due to the bread's resemblance to a honeycomb and for the sweet, honey-flavored topping it's glazed with.