Appetizers
Silky Hummus
Silky, pourable hummus with far more tahini than most recipes dare, whipped for five minutes with ice water. Peeling…
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Tahini, sumac and charred vegetables across the Levant. 20 tested Middle Eastern recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
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Breakfast
Shakshuka
Eggs poached in a smoky, cumin-scented pepper and tomato sauce, served straight from the pan with bread for…
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Dinner
Chicken Shawarma
All the flavour of a shawarma spit from an oven tray: thighs marinated in warm spices and yogurt, roasted hard, then…
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Lunch
Crispy Falafel
Made only from soaked dried chickpeas — never tinned, never cooked — so the outside shatters and the inside stays…
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Dinner
Lamb Kofta Kebabs
Spiced lamb worked until it turns sticky, moulded around skewers and grilled hard so the outside chars while the…
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Healthy
Tabbouleh
A Lebanese tabbouleh is a parsley salad with a little bulgur in it, not the other way round. Chopped by hand…
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Desserts
Knafeh Nabulsi
Semolina-orange dough over a layer of fresh white cheese, baked until the base is crisp and the top is orange, then…
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Appetizers
Baba Ganoush
Aubergine charred directly over a flame until the skin is black and the flesh collapses, then whipped with tahini…
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Appetizers
Labneh with Za'atar
Yoghurt strained through cloth for a day until it is thick enough to hold a spoon upright, spread on a plate, pooled…
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Healthy
Mujadara
Lentils and rice cooked together under a mountain of onions fried almost to the point of burning. A dish of the poor…
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Desserts
Knafeh
Shredded pastry over a layer of stretchy cheese, baked until the top is crisp and orange, then soaked in…
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Breakfast
Manakish Za'atar
Flatbread spread with za'atar mixed into olive oil and baked until the edges crisp. Bought hot from the bakery for…
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Healthy
Fattoush Salad
The Levantine bread salad: crisp fried pita, cucumber, tomato, radish and herbs, dressed with sumac and pomegranate…
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Dinner
Maqluba
Rice, meat and fried vegetables layered in a pot and flipped out whole at the table so it stands as a cake. The name…
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Desserts
Basbousa
A semolina cake soaked in syrup and cut into diamonds with an almond pressed into each. Found from Egypt to Turkey…
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Holiday Specials
Lamb Mandi
Yemeni lamb steamed over spiced rice until it falls off the bone, then finished with a piece of burning charcoal…
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Dinner
Musakhan
Palestinian roast chicken on flatbread soaked in olive oil, with a great quantity of sumac-stained onions and…
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Dinner
Baked Kibbeh
Bulgur and lamb pounded to a paste, layered around a spiced filling of more lamb and pine nuts, scored into diamonds…
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Dinner
Harees
Wheat and meat cooked together for hours and then beaten into a smooth, savoury porridge, finished with ghee and…
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Dinner
Mansaf
Lamb cooked in fermented yoghurt, spread over rice and flatbread with toasted nuts. Jordan's national dish, and a…
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