Jahnun (Yemenite Layered Pastry)

Name: Jahnun (Yemenite Layered Pastry)
Cook time: 600 min
Yield: 10 servings

Plate of Jachnun, a Yemenite Jewish Sabbath bread ? Photo by Joshua Herzig-Marx, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Jachnun is a Yemenite pastry made of worked dough (made without the use of yeast) and traditionally eaten hot during the Sabbath morning meal, after being left to bake all throughout the night within a sealed pot in an oven.

Cooking time: 600 minutes
Servings: 10

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