Main Dishes and Desserts — My mama knows best!
Mediterranean Recipes
Main Dishes and Desserts
— My mama knows best!
Mediterranean Recipes
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Main Dishes and Desserts
This is the third of 3 books in the series: My mama knows best! — Mediterranean Recipes, and it is a collection of authentic and traditional recipes, mostly from the Lebanese cuisine, for main dishes of meats, poultry, eggs, and fish, as well as some of Lebanon's finest desserts.
All the recipes are broken down into step-by-step tutorials, and assigned their proper dietary classifications, such as vegan, vegetarian, low-carb, gluten free, egg free, and more.
Freekeh (Roasted Green Wheat) with Chicken — It doesn't get more Lebanese than this!
Pan-Fried Sardines on a Bed of Sautéed Vegetables — The Taste of the Mediterranean!
Homemade Cooked Milk Cream (Ashta), no heavy cream added. Pudding or Filling - Tasty whichever way you eat it!
📝 Recipes you will find in the book:
Anise Yeast Cookies (Lebanese Maakaroun)
Arabic Sugar Syrup (Atter)
Beer Braised Chicken
Burghul and Ground Meat Bake (Kibbeh Bil Saniyeh)
Burghul with Chickpea (Burghul Bi Dfeen)
Chicken and Potato Bake
Chicken in Tahini Sauce
Chicken Legs in Wine
Chicken Pané
Egg-Free Pancakes (Atayef) — Dough Recipe
Egg-Free Pancakes (Atayef) with Ricotta
Egg-Free Pancakes with Walnut (Atayef Bil Joz)
Eggplant and Ground Meat Rice (Makloubeh)
Eggs and Tomatoes
Fish Tagine
Freekeh with Chicken
Grilled Chicken with Toum (Garlic Dip)
Grilled Kafta (Kebab)
Grilled Lamb Skewers
Grilled Veal Skewers
Homemade Cooked Milk Cream (Ashta)
Italian-Style Turkey Escalope
Knafeh with Mozzarella (Knafeh Bil Jibn)
Lebanese Fish and Rice (Sayadieh)
Lebanese Ghee Cookies (Ghraybeh)
Lebanese Milk Pudding (Mhallabieh)
Lebanese Pot Roast (Rosto)
Lebanese Potato and Eggs (Mfarrakeh)
Lebanese Rice and Milk Pudding (Riz B Haleeb)
Lebanese Sesame Bagel (Ka’ak Bread)
Lebanese Veal Shawarma
Leg of Lamb over Rice (Ouzi)
Meat and Mushroom Frittata
Meat Dumplings in Yogurt (Shish Barak)
Middle Eastern Chicken Skewers (Shish Tawook)
Milk and Bread Pudding (Aish El-Saraya)
Moghrabieh with Chicken
Omelet Rolls with Mushroom Filling
Oven-Baked Kafta in Tahini Sauce (Kafta Bi T’hini)
Oven-Baked Kafta with Tomato and Potato (Kafta Bil Saniyeh)
Rice and Chickpea with Chicken (Riz Bi Dfeen)
Rice with Green Fava Beans
Roast Chicken with Rice and Meat Stuffing
Roast Turkey with Chestnut Rice Stuffing
Roasted Stuffed Chicken Thighs
Rosemary Roast Chicken
Sardines with Vegetables
Semolina Butter Cookies (Ma’amoul) — Dough Recipe
Semolina Butter Cookies (Ma’amoul) with Dates
Semolina Butter Cookies (Ma’amoul) with Walnut and Pistachio Fillings
Semolina Yogurt Cake (Namoura)
Small Yogurt Doughnuts (Awamat)
Spiced Fried Breads (Zalabieh)
Spiced Rice Pudding (Meghli)
Spicy Fish (Samkeh Harra)
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Malfouf Mahshi)
Stuffed Eggplants in Tomato Sauce
Stuffed Grape Leaves with Chicken
Stuffed Lamb Tripe (Kroush Mahshieh)
Stuffed Leg of Lamb Roast
Stuffed Zucchini and Grape Leaves in Tomato Sauce
Sweet Boiled Wheat (Snounyeh)
Sweet Cheese Rolls (Halawet El-Jibn)
Sweet Sesame Milk Breads (Ka’ak Bil Haleeb)
Sweet Wheat Porridge (Elbeh)
Turmeric Semolina Cake (Sfouf)
Zucchini Frittata
Available in Print and Kindle formats.
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