Armenia

Recipes by the places recorded in their sources.

Armenia

4 recipes

Two earthenware bowls of baked Panrkhash with golden lavash covers and melted cheese visible beneath one lifted edge.

Panrkhash

Panrkhash is an Armenian bread-and-cheese dish associated with Gyumri and Shirak. One published oven-baked version layers lavash and string cheese with butter-sautéed onion and hot water; regional methods vary.

Gyumri · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A glossy, golden Armenian Matnakash flatbread with deep crosshatched finger furrows.

Matnakash

A soft Armenian oval bread with a glossy surface and deep finger grooves, made here with a rye or whole-wheat flour scald and an overnight cold fermentation.

Armenia
· Grains and starches
Thin, griddle-browned Armenian zhingyalov hats, one whole and one cut open to show finely chopped greens and herbs.

Zhingyalov hats (greens-filled flatbread)

An unleavened Armenian flatbread filled with mixed greens and herbs, sealed into an oval and cooked on a griddle.

Artsakh · Traditional method
· Grains and starches