Olives, Lemons & Za'atar The Best Middle Eastern Home Cooking

by Bishara, Rawia

• ISBN13: 9781906868840
• ISBN10: 1906868840
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-02-13
• Publisher: Kyle Books

Summary

Tangy lemony tabbouleh, smoky, rich baba ghanouj, beautifully spiced lamb shank...the recipes in Olives, Lemons & Za'atar provide something irresistible for every occasion.

These dishes represent the flavours of Rawia's Middle Eastern childhood with recipes copied faithfully from family cookbooks (her mother's most treasured harissa), and then developed with a creative flourish of her own. Her food is deeply personal and so she includes the classics but also the Mediterranean influences that come from summer holidays in Spain and living in Bay Ridge, the old Italian neighbourhood in Brooklyn. The result is a sensational cross-cultural mix and provides you with everything you need - pickles, yogurt, bread, mezze, salads, stews etc - to enjoy the best home cooking and share the most convivial Middle Eastern hospitality.

Author Biography

Rawia Bishara opened her restaurant Tanoreen in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in 1998. New York Magazine has named it the best Mezze in 2003 and #1 Cheap Eats in 2006. The New York Times, Gourmet magazine, The New Yorker, The Village Voice, Travel & Leisure, Zagat Restaurant Survey, Michelin Guides, TIme Out New York, The New York Post, and Food Network's "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" have all featured or positively reviewed Tanoreen. Rawia has had her recipes published in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Plate Magazine and teaches a recurring class at DeGustibus Culinary School.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Breakfast
Scrambled Eggs with Halloumi
Eggs and Potatoes
Eggs with Zaatar
Simple Omelet; Variation: Stuffed Omelet
Sidebar: Kaak
Meat and Eggs
Fava Beans
Sidebar: A Good Soak
Tanoreen's Specialty Fava Beans
Chickpeas and Fava Beans
Yogurt with Tahini and Chickpeas
Hummus with Meat

2. Mezze
Kibbe with Hossi
Kibbe
STORY: Kibbe: The Sound of A Village Pounding
Tahini with Parsley Sauce
Hummus
My Mother's Hummus
Eggplant Spread
Mutabal (Eggplant Spread with tomatoes, chile peppers)
Eggplant Pate
Red Pepper and Walnut Spread
Brussels Sprouts with Panko
Pickled Stuffed Eggplant
Vegetarian Grape Leaves
STORY: Of Marriage and Mezze
Falafel
Savory Pies
Meat
Vegetable
Sfeeha
Spinach
Meat
Cheese
STORY: Mastic Memories
Sidebar: Big Batch Baking
Zaatar Bread
Red Pepper and Onion Flatbread

3. Salads
Turkish Salad
Tanoreen Potato Salad
Eggplant Salad
Tomato Salad
Beet Salad
Cauliflower Salad
Feta Salad
Chopped Salad
Chopped Parsley Salad
Variation: Tabouleh the Nazareth Way
Tanoreen Green Salad

4. Soups and Stews
Tanoreen's Leek and Potato Soup
Tomato Soup
Lentil Noodle Soup with Kale; VARIATION: Gluten-Free option
Pureed Lentil Soup
Pureed Split Pea Soup; VARIATION: Adding an herbed Teklai
Simple Chicken Soup
Seasoned Chicken and Stock
Smoked Wheat Berry Soup; VARIATION: Using turkey necks
Lamb Vegetable Soup
Chickpea and Vegetable Soup
Seafood Soup
Red Lentil and Butternut Squash Stew
Chopped Mlookhia Stew
Cauliflower Stew; VARIATION: Lemon sauce
String Bean Stew; VARIATION: With beef or lamb
Spinach Stew with Beef or Lamb
Seasoned Lamb or Beef Stock
Sweet Pea and Kafta Stew
White Bean and Beef Stew; VARIATION: Vegetarian version
Beef and Potato Stew; VARIATION: Using tamarind
Okra with Lamb and Pomegranate Molasses Stew

5. Main Courses
Vegetarian
Baked Eggplant
Eggs in Purgatory
Vegetarian Stuffed Vegetables
Eggplant
Squash
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage
Cracked Wheat in Tomato Sauce; VARIATION: Shulbato Sandwich
Eggplant Napoleon
Fish
Tanoreen Baked Fish
Spicy Baked Fish
Fisherman's Dish
Fish Tagine
Whole Fried Fish
STORY: A Tuesday in Spain
Shrimp in Garlic Sauce
Salmon in Pesto
Roasted Porgies
Grilled Red Snapper in Grape Leaves
Chicken
Chicken Fetti; VARIATION: Fetti sauce the Egyptian way
Palestinian Couscous
STORY: Making Maftool
Chicken "Pizza"
Whole Stuffed Chicken
Chicken Tagine
Chicken Kabobs; VARIATION: Kabobs, Indian-Style
Grilled Quail
SIDEBAR: How to spatchcock a quail
Lamb and Beef
Stuffed Artichoke Hearts
Sidebar: How to Clean Fresh Artichokes
Stuffed Eggplant or Squash in Tomato Sauce
Stuffed Eggplant with Lamb in Lemon Sauce
Stuffed Grape Leaves
Stuffed Cabbage
Stuffed Grape Leaves and Squash
Hashwi for Stuffing Vegetables; VARIATIONS: For stuffing Eggplant, Squash, Grape Leaves, Cabbage
Egyptian Rice with Lamb and Pine Nuts; VARIATION: Mansaaf Express
Kafta
Kafta with Tahini Sauce or Tomato Sauce
Tomato Sauce
Tanoreen Kafta Roll
Baked Kibbe with Hossi
Raw Kibbe with Hossi
Makloobeh; VARIATIONS: cauliflower stuffing, fresh fava or sweet pea stuffing
Spice Rubbed Braised Lamb Shank
Smoked Wheat with Lamb
Baked Eggplant with Lamb
Beef Baked Spaghetti

6. SIDES
Sauteed String Beans
Sidebar: To make beef or lamb stew
Sauteed Dandelion Greens with Caramelized Onions
Kale with Shallots and Olive Oil
Fried Tomatoes
Okra with Tomatoes
Lentils with Bulgur
Rice and Vermicelli Pilaf
Spicy Rice
Jasmine Rice with Pine Nuts and Raisins
Basmati Rice with Vegetables

7. PICKLES AND SAUCES
Pickled Cauliflower and Carrots
Pickled Turnips and Beets
Pickled Stuffed Peppers
Pickled Eggplant in Vinegar
PickledEggplant in Olive Oil
Basil Pesto
Garlic Sauce
Homemade Hot Sauce
Olive Spread
Tahini
Dagga
Teklai

8. DESSERTS
Classic Sahlab; VARIATION: Sahlab Tanoreen
Semolina Cake; VARIATION: Semolina Walnut Cake
Date Roll or Cookies; VARIATION: Using fig or apricot preserves
Mamool
STORY: Easter in Nazareth
Macaroni Cookies; VARIATION: Lenten Macaroni Cookies
Baklava
Knafeh
Cheese
Walnut
Stuffed Fresh Dates

Pantry/Sources
Index
Acknowledgements