Honey & Co: Food from the Middle East

298 Pages·2014·72.294 MB·English

by  Itamar, Packer, Sarit Srulovich

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To my sabba Manny and my savta Cissie
I miss you every day - Sarit
To my savta Esther and my sabba Yehiel
for all that was on and around your big table - Itamar
'I got hunger.' - Alice Russell
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Contents
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Welcome Mezze
008 Basic instructions - the way we work 022 Raw and cured 050 Bread 088 Baked and fried
024 Uri buri prawns 052 Some general notes on our bread recipes 092 Falafel
012 Base recipes 027 Lamb kubbe nia 056 Pitta 093 Jerusalem-sty le falafel (one for Itamar)
012 Sweet spice mix 027 Sea bream kubbe nia 058 Bukhari bread 093 ~aifa-style falafel (one for Sarit)
012 Baharat - savoury spice mix 028 Sardines cured in vine leaves 061 Potato bread 094 Yemeni-style falafel
(aka 'Sarit spice' at Honey & Co) 032 Mackerel cured in oil 062 Ashtanur - griddle bread (one for the family roots)
014 Whole preserved lemons 034 Cured sea bream with pomegranate juice 064 Lavoush 096 Carrot & butternut fritters
015 Preserved lemon slices &cumin 067 Milk bun 099 Courgette & herb fritters
016 Tahini 035 Fresh vegetable mezze 101 Feta & spring onion bouikos
016 Zehug 103 Borekitas
017 Everything 070 Dips, spreads and purees
036 Canned and pickled 072 Hummus
038 Cucumber pickle 075 Mashawsha 106 Cracked
040 Sweet beetroot pickle 076 Dinosaur eggs 108 Basic bulgar wheat
041 Moroccan carrot pickle 077 Matbucha 108 Tomato & pomegranate tabule
043 Canned peppers 079 Butternut & tahini dip with for high summer
046 Canned artichokes roasted hazelnuts 110 Apricot & pistachio tabule
047 Pink turnip pickle 080 Celeriac puree with burnt yogurt with orange blossom
048 Turmeric cauliflower pickle 081 Courgette dip with yogurt & mint 112 Crunchy root vegetable tabule for winter
049 Pickled chillies 082 Muhamra 113 Green tabule salad for spring
085 Baba ganoush - aubergine & tahini dip 114 Couscous & chickpeas
087 Labaneh in ras el hanut spice
116 Kisir
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119 139 165 187
Fresh salads Light Dinners Balls & stu:f:f Slow cooked
123 Fig, goats' cheese & honey salad 142 Lamb siniya 168 Beetroot kubbe soup 191 Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with
124 Tomato & zaatarjatoush 145 Sea bream with grapes, cucumber 170 Whole stuffed chicken withfreekeh, plums & roses
127 Beetroot & plums in a rose &yogurt almonds & pine nuts 192 Short ribs with dates, date molasses
& walnut dressing 146 Beefkofta 173 Gundi &potatoes
128 Artichokes & kashkaval with pine nuts 148 Pomegranate molasses chicken 174 Stuffed vine leaves 195 Ox cheeks with quince & bay leaf
129 Jerusalem water salad with bulgar wheat salad 176 Stuffed (wedded) sardines 196 Oxtail sofrito
130 Spring salad 150 Prawns in orange, tomato & cardamom 178 Mishmishiya 197 Patlican - lamb & aubergine stew
131 Watermelon & feta 153 Lamb salad with Georgian plum sauce 179 Makshi - stuffed peppers with beef & rice 200 Octopus in meshwiya sauce
132 Big Itzik 154 Mint & lemon chicken with apricots 180 Meatballs with peas, mint & yogurt with celery salad
134 Poached quince with curd cheese &potatoes 182 Meatballs in a sweet, sour & spicy 202 Musakhan
& honeyed hazelnuts 156 Red mullet with artichoke tomato sauce 204 Madfunia
137 Peaches & goats' cheese & preserved lemons 185 Dushpra - cherries, lamb & sweet 206 Chicken pastilla
with roasted almonds 158 BBQ beef with tomato salad spice dumplings 209 Lamb shawarma
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161 Pan-fried chicken liver with grapes
on griddle bread
162 Roasted sea bream with spring onions
on griddle bread
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