
Baklava
A Middle Eastern delicacy of honey-soaked, crispy-layered filo pastry studded with pistachios and warm spices, cut into…
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A Middle Eastern delicacy of honey-soaked, crispy-layered filo pastry studded with pistachios and warm spices, cut into…

Where classical Turkish baklava layers walnut or pistachio between many sheets of filo, this version rolls each sheet…

Each vegetable cooks separately and gets dressed with sesame oil, garlic and soy

Bienenstich (bee sting cake) is the German bakery classic with the brilliantly-named legend, supposedly invented by…

Cold water and a pinch of baking soda (standing in for juniper ash, the ash's alkali helps the corn release niacin and…

A dough rich in toasted sesame seeds, almond, aniseed, cinnamon, orange-flower water, melted butter and a touch of saffron rests for 1 hour

Almond paste: ground almonds, icing sugar, melted butter, cinnamon, orange-flower water, pulses or kneads to a soft pliable paste

Baklava is the great pan-Mediterranean dessert claimed by every cuisine from Istanbul to Athens, but the Greek version…

Halva is the Middle Eastern tahini fudge, flaky-melting blocks of crystallised sugar syrup whipped into tahini, perfumed…

Halwa tahini is the Iraqi sesame fudge, a flaky-melting block of crystallised sugar syrup whipped into tahini, perfumed…

A simple oil-based cake built around a generous pour of dark honey, brewed coffee for moisture and depth, and a quartet…

A bunch of mint and a bunch of coriander are blended with green chilli, garlic, ginger, lemon juice, cumin and a small…

Lamb shoulder cubes brown deeply, then simmer slow with onion, garlic and a Moroccan spice blend (ras el hanout, ginger, cinnamon)

Lamb shoulder is cut into large chunks

Loukoumades are the Greek honey-doughnuts, fluffy yeasted balls fried golden and tossed straight into warm honey syrup…

Almond paste: ground almonds, icing sugar, melted butter, cinnamon, orange-flower water, mixes to a soft pliable paste