The food of Morocco: authentic recipes from the North African coast

127 Pages·2002·109.97 MB·English

by  Hal, Fatema

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Acknowledgments
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Contents
PARTO NE:F OOD IN MOROCCO
Introduct4i on
TheR icheosfa GenerouPsa st8
Womena ndD adas1 2
GrandI mperiCauli sin1e6
Fooda ndR eligi2o0n
MoroccaHno spital2i4t y
AllR oads Letoat dh eS ouk2 6
PARTT WO: COOKING IN MOROCCO
TheM oroccaKint chen2 8
CookinMge thod3s0
Moroccan Ingre3d2i ents
PARTT HREE:T HE RECIPES
SoupS,a ladasn,d B read3s5
Meat4 6
Poultarnyd G ame 70
Fisahn dS eafoo8d6
Vegetabl9e6s
Desser1t0s2
Drink1s1 4
Index1 20

Part One:F oodi nM orocco
Morocccuainhs aibsne een nu rlubrye d
centouMfrie edsi terranean influence
The histoorfyM orocchoa sa lwaybse en theA tlaasn dR ifM ountaitnhsa etn closae v ast
closeilnyt ertwinweidt h thhies toorfyt he amphithearteearc hifrnogm thes outhwetsott h e
MediterraneAasn a. v eritabclreo ssroaodfs n orthweosfMt o roccfou;r thseoru tthh,e i mmense
civilizatiaosnysl-uafmno rt heA ndalousJieawns desertthsa atr es tiilnlh abibtyen do madipce oples;
andA rabwsh ow erec haseodu to fthek ingdoomf andfi nalltyh ec entrraelg iotnhsa stp iolult t ot he
Grenadaat t hee ndo ft he1 5thc enturlya;t ero ceanw herea lternatpilnagt eaus, palnadi nPages2,:
a FrenchP rotectorate vallehyasv ef avoretdh e Thev alloefy
untili tisn dependenicn e developmeonftc ultureTin erheiarso,tf
thHei gAht las
1956-Morococfof erasn and the orfgi rseeac ti ties.
Mountains.
exceptioneaxlam pleo f Thefi rsitn habitaonft sOp posite:
generosaintdyh armony. Moroccwoe ret heB erbersA ni mpressive
spreoaftd a sty
Thism ultifacceotuendt ry who werei nvadebdy t he
Moroccsanna cks
reflectdsi versree gional, OmeyyadA rabd ynastoyf anda ppetizers.
ethniacn,d sociailn flu­ conquerwianrgr ioTrhse.i rLe ft:
Portferrosm
encesa,lo lfw hiclhe ftt heir empirree achefrdo m the
Telocuaertry ing
marko n itpsa stI.ti st his Indust ot hes horeosf
couscaonuds
varietthyag ti veMso roccan northwest AfTrhiecya b.r eatdoa d iffa
cuisiniet su nparalleled built Muslim Spa(ibna nqaunedt ).
reputatiMoonr.o ccacnu isiinsec onsidetroeb de createad g reacti vilizatthiaotrn e igneodv er
one tfihnee sitn t hew orladn d somoefi tmso st thes outherhna lfo ft hep eninsualnad o ver
celebradtiesdh ehsa vej ustltya kent heiprl aceA ndalouisnip aa rticular.
amongt hec ulinacrlya ssoifct sh ew orld. In thee levenatnhd t welftche nturitehse,
The" Isolfet heS unsetD,j"e rirat-al-aMsa gAhlrmiobr avdiydn astyo fB erberfso,l lowbeyd t he
thefi rsAtr abg eographnearmse dt hel andt hatAl mohadB erber dynsausctyc,e edtehdeO meyyads
wouldb ecomeM oroccoo,f fetrhse t ravelveerr y asr uleorfst heM uslitme rritoirnNi oerst Ahfr ica
diverslea ndscapFeisr.s tth,e ries t heA tlantiacn dS paiann,d w erer esponsifbotrlh ee u nification
Ocealna ppitnhges horeisnt hew estt;h etnh eraer e ofM orocco.
INTRODUCTION 5
foundi ne verrye gioonf t he
The symbol kingdobmu tt her ecipheasv e
ofM arrakech beena daptetdos uitth ec on­
ando fM orocco
ditioinnws h ichth eya rem ade.
asa whole,
Takec ouscous-ntahtei onal
Jemaeal Fn a
Squarbeu stles dish-foerx ampleI.n the
everye vening countrysitdheer, u ggedness
witfho osdt alls
ofe verydlaiyfi em poseass e nse
sellsiknegw ered
meats,o ups, ofh umiliitnyt hep reparation
snaialnsd, oft hed ishd:r iefda v(bar oad)
muchm ore.
beanrse plagcaer banbzeoa ns
Jugglers,
fire-eaters, (chickpewahsi)l der iemde at
snakceh armers, (gueddid) replactehset enderer,
storytelalnedr s,
subtlearn,d m oree xpensive
monketyr ainers
freshl amb.
addt ot he
nightspleyc tacle. The coastraelg ionhsa ve
developtehde iorw n original
couscocuasl lkead skbsadodaz,u
Sub-SaharaAnf ricaal sol efitt sm arko n inw hicdhr iesdw eecto rnr eplactehset raditional
Moroccot,r adiintgsg olda ndo therri chetsh:e semoliInnaa .d ditifiosnhfr, o m theM editerranean
caravathnastc onvergoendth e Northi ncludelda rgeo rA tlanetnirci chtehsed ish.
numberosf w omenfr om Malio rt heS udanw ho Austerdee serlti fael soc ontribuittesos w n
do..das,
wouldb ecometh e peerless the cookwsh o touchI.n t her egionwsh erem an musto ften
holtdh es ecrettots h eM oroccakni tchen. content hiwmisteahl f fe wd ateasn da l ittle milk,
Iti sthi s sociaaln dg eographdiicvale rsaintyd,th e couscouissa ccompanibeyd s malfrle shd ates
(kuran)
peacefuclo habitaotfid oinff ereentth nigcr oups, artebh aakte udn tiall most canTdhieerde.
thahta se nablseudc ha finec uisitnoee v olve. aree venv arietoifce osu scomuasd efr om barloery
Fromn orttho s outMho,r occoof fetrrsa velae rrsi caeg,a irne flecttihnegh eritaogfte h edo. .das.
wealtohfc ontrasltainndgs capFerso.mt heh arsh Int hefu rthermorsetg ionmse,a ti sr arae nd
winteorfst heRif Mountaitnosth e blazicnagr essd isheasr ei nvariaflbalvyo rewdi ths piceHse.r e,
oft heS ahareaa,c hr egiohna sd evelopietdos w n visuaaplp earainscp ea ramounAltl.t hes enseasr e
waysw itfho ode,v eni ft heraer em anye lementcs alluepdo nt oa pprecitahtees aet tractdiivseh es
thaatr es harefrdo m onep rovintcoet hen ext.w itht heihre adya romasC.o oksa rea ss killiend
Mechoui kessra
(barbeculeadm bo)r (breadm)a yb e marryitnags taesst heayr ei n assembling colors.
6 PARTO NE:F OOD INM OROCCO