Friday, 2 May 2008

Chicken & Carrot Tagine

1 baby chicken
2 medium sized onions
2 cloves garlic
0,5 kg carrots
1 succhini

salt, pepper
Ras-el-Hanoot
paprika
turmeric
saffron
a couple of bay leaves
juice of one small lemon
fresh chopped parsley
fresh chopped coriander

Cut the chicken in small pieces and brown it in the tagine. Slice the onions and add to the chicken. Peel and slice the carrots. Add to the tagine together with the spices. Mix it all gently. Slice the succhini and blend it into the tagine. Leave to cook for an hour on low heat, or until the chicken is well cooked. Add the parsley and coriander. Serve with bread.

Sunday, 20 April 2008

Broccoli tagine


Meat
1 Onion
2 Broccoli heads
salt, pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon, paprika.

Fry the onions lightly in some butter, add the meat and spices, and leave to cook until the meat is almost done.
Wash and cut the broccoli in medium sized pieces, cook for a few minutes, without letting the broccoli loose colour. Add to the tagine, cover and cook for 15 minutes.

Tuesday, 11 December 2007

Olive Tagine, Tagine Zeitoun


Lamb or mutton meat
4 carrots
olive oil
2 tbs tomatoe puree
1/2 cup water
1 350 g can mushrooms
olives
parsley

Lemon and Tarragon Chicken


Chicken breasts
juice and peel of 1 lemon
salt to taste
tarragon

Cut the chicken breasts in the middle, to make a pocket, and put some fresh tarragon inside. Salt and marinate in the lemon juice and peel for a couple of hours or longer.
Grill in the oven and serve with spinach or sallad. We made french fries with it.

Sunday, 9 December 2007

Macaron bi-laban


Macaronies, yoghurt, garlic clove (optional), salt to taste and melted butter to go on top.

Thursday, 8 March 2007

Borek & Mthowem


-Boerek-

minced meat
onion
salt, pepper, paprika
parsley

green olives
boiled eggs

phyllo-dough or 'warqa'

-Mthowem-

chicken
minced meat (meatballs)
onion
garlic
parsley
salt and pepper

french fries
egg

Instructions to come, inshaa Allah (God willing)

Thursday, 1 February 2007

Couscous


Photo taken with phone camera
Recipe coming, inshaa Allah, with more pictures.