Even though I was on vacation last week, week three was a bit of a bust. I’m going to finish up Israeli month with lots of cooking the next couple of days (I’m currently making Open Kibbeh as I type this.) I’m wrapping up with cooking from a children’s cookbook I checked out from my…
Israel. Week Three
I’m on vacation this week. I’m aiming to start with these four recipes, but I may decide to cook more. Wheat Berries and Swiss Chard with Pomegranate Molasses Hot Yogurt and Barley Soup Open Kibbeh Poached Chicken with Sweet Spiced Freekeh
Sweet Filo Cigars
These are pretty much rolled baklava. I left off the crumbled pistachios on the top. I’m terrible at making small formed/ rolled foods. I feel like the best experience is if you’re in a kitchen with your grandparent making hundreds of cigars or dumplings, for example. These were tasty though. I used a wildflower honey…
Red Pepper and Baked Egg Galettes
This has to be one of my favorite dishes that I’ve cooked in awhile. The roasted red peppers were nice and sweet. I loved the roasted onions. Also, I love the way egg yolk congeals when eggs are baked. The white gets cooked and the yolk becomes a gelatinous state halfway between liquid and solid….
Cod Cakes with Tomato Sauce
You can find the recipe here as well as some background information. Also that picture is sooo much better than mine. I thought about taking a picture of the entire dish in the pan but some of the cakes fell apart and weren’t as pretty. Enjoy the professionally photographed picture instead! I loved the cod…
Baby Spinach Salad with Dates and Almonds
This is a lovely salad to have as a lunch. My favorite part of this salad wasn’t even included in the title. I enjoyed the pita fried in butter and oil that were later coated in sumac to create delicious middle eastern croutons. This salad could be great as a side salad, or dressed up…
Roasted Chicken with Clementines and Arak
I changed 2 things from the original recipe. I didn’t have arak on hand, but I did have Pernod and the authors included that that would be an acceptable spirit to use instead. I also didn’t see clementines when I was shopping at Trader Joe’s, so I picked up mandarins instead since they’re similar in…
Stuffed Onions
So, I wanted to like these so much, but they’re not my taste. I love onions, but I feel like the flavors don’t exacty mess with each other. It was also disappointing since these took hours to prepare and I’m not one that likes to make too finicky of dishes that involve many steps and…
Watercress and Chickpea Soup with Rosewater and Ras el hanout
The star of this dish is the vegetables roasted in ras el hanout. Without it the soup itself is very healthy and floral tasting since it’s made of watercress and spinach. The soup is a little thin and okay, but when the ras el hanout seeps into the soup, WOW! The spice adds a little…
Israel. Week Two
Red Pepper and Baked Egg Galettes Baby Spinach Salad with Dates and Almonds Cod Cakes in Tomato Sauce Sweet Filo Cigars
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