Last Sunday, we had friends over for lunch, and they love Levantine cuisine. So, I made labneh and, of course, creamy hummus. I discovered labneh while living in Dubai; there isn’t a Lebanese restaurant that doesn’t serve it. It’s often served with za’atar and olive oil, along with warm pita bread. Here in London, I tasted a labneh that was simply sublime. That’s what I want to share with you today: labneh with za’atar and marinated olives. I tried to recreate the recipe just like I tasted it at Imad’s Syrian Kitchen. How to Make Labneh ? It’s called labneh,…
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Continue readingWhat is chermoula? How do you prepare it? How do you store it? And most importantly, what can you do with it? I’ve been wanting to write an article about this Moroccan marinade made from fresh herbs, spices, and a lot of olive oil for a while now. Chermoula is widely used in Moroccan cuisine and is essential for many fish dishes, such as “sardine and smoked eggplant balls,” “quinoa and shrimp stuffed calamari,” “traditional rice calamari,” and “baked fish.” It’s also the base for the famous “djaj mchermel” tagine, which simply means chicken with chermoula. Today, I’m sharing five…
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Continue readingAnother recipe from my favorite chef Yotam Ottolenghi made with Ixta Belfrage and from their book « Flavour ». A book entirely devoted to vegetarian cuisine. this exceptional chef has always known how to enhance vegetables by combining them with spices and using different cooking techniques. Today I’m sharing with you his favorite recipe: spicy mushroom lasagne which is just crazy delicious. I’m sure you’ll like it whether you are vegetarian or not. In this recipe, Ottolenghi uses very simple ingredients but a cooking technique that amplifies the aroma and taste of the mushrooms. He decides to roast chestnut mushrooms and oyster…
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Continue readingLook how beautiful is this baked mint rice with pomegranate and olive salsa. It’s not only colourful and flavourful it’s also an easy side dish to make. Ottolenghi said : “that cooking rice PERFECTLY is one of those things that shouldn’t be complicated but can be surprisingly difficult, for some”. And he’s right. If you have never baked rice before, you are about to learn an easy technique that will allow you to have the perfect fluffy rice every time in no time. How to make this baked mint rice with its pomegranate & olive salsa ? This dish has…