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Basbousa Bel Ashta (Semolina Cake With Ashta Cream Filling)
This version of basbousa is filled with a rich clotted cream and drenched in a rose-scented syrup.
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Kanafeh (Middle Eastern Cheese and Phyllo Dessert)
Filled with salty cheese and drenched in a floral rose and orange blossom syrup, kanafeh—a phyllo dessert found throughout the Middle East—is a study in contrasts.
Arayes - Lebanese Meat-Stuffed Crispy Pita
Arayes - pita pockets stuffed with seasoned meat kofta filling, then pan fried until crispy. Lebanese street food - kind of like quesadillas!
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Balaboosta's Baklava
Three kinds of nuts in the filling and a soaking in rosewater syrup makes this a Middle Eastern gem.
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Pistachio Baklava
With layers of buttery phyllo dough and nuts drenched in simple syrup or honey, homemade baklava—or bak-la-wa in Arabic—is the ultimate sweet treat.
Baklava
Layers upon layers of flaky buttery pastry with crushed nuts soaked in a honey lemon syrup. The iconic Baklava is astonishingly straight forward to make!
Kadaif or Kadayif (Cheese Kunafa Recipe)
This beloved Middle Eastern dessert goes by many names including Kunafa and Kadaif. This decadent version has a creamy ricotta cheese filling.
Armenian Gata
Gata is easily one of the most beloved Armenian desserts. It's a pastry with similarities to both croissants and rugelach, but with a personality of its own. Crisp on the outside, flaky within, with spirals of vanilla-laced sweetness throughout, it's a divine dessert any time of year.
Persian Love Cake
Legend has it that a Persian lady madly in love with a Prince made this cake with magical powers. I can't promise magical power but I CAN promise you will love this! {Gluten free cake}
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Pistachio Cake
Using good-quality pistachio oil in an olive oil cake recipe makes for a quick and easy cake that's brimming with pistachio aroma and flavor.
Qatayef Asafiri (Atayef bil Ashta) are Middle Eastern pancakes filled with ashta cream, and finished with chopped pistachios and floral syrup.
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Hummus with Lamb
Take plain hummus to another level with this classic variation found in the Middle East that tops it with tasty minced lamb.
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Hummus Kawarma (Lamb) with Lemon Sauce from 'Jerusalem'
Here's a tahini-rich recipe for hummus along with two variations, Musabaha (warm chickpea topping) and Kawarma (fried chopped lamb). For the most show-stopping of hummus dishes, take the extra time and prepare the Kawarma. Freshly chopped lamb neck meat is marinated in warm spices, za'atar, vinegar, mint, and parsley before it's fried in butter.
Falafel
Crispy outsides, moist and fluffy insides, this Falafel recipe is astonishingly straightforward. Freshly made falafels is one of those foods everyone should experience, at least once!
Baba ganoush (eggplant dip)
If there's no hummus in my fridge, I'm making baba ganoush. This tasty eggplant dip is very easy to make and goes well with flatbread, on a sandwich or as a side dip.
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King of Falafel & Shawarma's Falafel from 'New York a la Cart'
I eat a lot of falafel. It can come from a cart, a restaurant, or even a deli case--I don't really discriminate. But I probably should be more picky because most of the falafel out there isn't great. So much of the falafel I find is either greasy and falling apart or dense and dry. But after making King of Falafel & Shawarma's falafel recipe in Alexandra Penfold and Siobhan Wallace's new cookbook, New York a la Cart, I may stop buying my falafel pre-made (unless of course I happen to be in Astor...
Weeknight Hummus Plate — Ethan
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Homemade Falafel
Here's a recipe for falafel that's crisp on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside, while still very moist and packed with herb and spice flavor.
Fattoush With Crunchy Flatbread Ribbons
A fresh take on the classic Middle Eastern fattoush salad - piled high with crunchy flatbread ribbons which is everybody's favourite part! On the table in 15 minutes.
Falafels
Falafel salads and wraps are a favourite of Katelyn's but we always struggle to find good falafels in store. So here's a recipe to make them at home and add to a simple (and delicious) salad.
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Falafel With Black Olives and Harissa
When I first completed my recipe for falafel, my first thought was "That's great—now how do we make it hotter?" That thought was immediately followed by some digging through the refrigerator for condiments, mixing them into batches of my raw falafel dough to see how they'd taste. I settled on harissa, the North African spice paste.