Notes about Recipes in this book

• Blood oranges in spicy caramel sauce with ashta

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on January 04, 2019

    Served this as a dessert, although it’s in the breakfast section of the book. Would definitely make this again. I didn’t make the ashta following the recipe, but made ‘hangop’ from a mixture of 0% fat Greek yoghurt and normal 0% fat yogurt. A good alternative, I think.

• Naans

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on November 04, 2018

    Excellent naans. I added nigella seeds, as I read in a bbc good food recipe, that was a nice touch.

• Savoury labneh

  • breadenthusiast on June 27, 2025

    Labneh is one of those things I've been wanting to make forever but just never do? But this is very easy and delicious and I will definitely make it more often. Made it with parsley!

• Slow-roasted tomatoes with pomegranate & thyme

  • anniecc on September 17, 2023

    The flavour was great, but the recipe made way too much marinade, I would halve the ingredients next time. I omitted the harissa.

• Tomato & bean soup with harissa & honey

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on January 27, 2018

    Fast and delicious recipe. Very easy to make and very filling. Ideal weeknight dinner or weekend lunch.

• Wild garlic, leek & currant fritters with honey

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on September 08, 2019

    Substituted chives for wild garlic. Fritters looked beautiful and tasted very nice. Would do very well at a party.

• North African eggplant pie with pimento sugar

  • Nancy402 on February 22, 2020

    This was a project- but well worth the effort. Delicious blend of spices and textures. Made this as a centrepiece of a middle eastern buffet, complete with stencilled icing sugar design on top. Interesting technique of a broth based custard-like sauce to bind the filling.

• Green beans with chermoula, shallots & feta

  • RosieB on April 02, 2016

    This was easy and delicious.

• Potato salad with peas & Persian spices

  • RosieB on April 02, 2016

    This was a tasty dish but it was quite dry and needed more of the spiced shallot mixture. I would make again but double that part of the recipe.

  • Kelli_L on April 16, 2026

    I like to add the potatoes and all the spices into a roasting tin and make it an all in one recipe. I like to add a dollop of coconut yoghurt and baby spinach when I take it out the oven

• Honey-roasted carrots with dates, dandelions & Moroccan dressing

  • KarinaFrancis on September 16, 2017

    Delicious! Served with lamb shoulder. A bit of work involved but totally worth it everybody enjoyed it. I had to substitute some mixed greens for the watercress, will try it again when it's in season. Had to up my rating of this dish based on feedback from my dedicated carnivore SO "that was so delicious I'd gladly have just eaten that" high praise indeed

• Griddled broccolini with almonds & harissa butter

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on September 07, 2019

    Definitely making the harissa butter again, very easy and delicious with probably almost anything you put on a grill. The combination with broccolini was also good.

• Charred corncobs with almond-saffron butter

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on September 07, 2019

    Very special combination of flavors, works very well together. Made the corncobs without the leaves in the sous vide, 30 min 84 degrees Celsius.

• Baby carrot tagine with yoghurt & honeyed pine nuts

  • RosieB on January 08, 2015

    This was delicious and looked stunning. It was quite a simple dish to prepare. I will definitely make this again.

  • e_ballad on October 14, 2017

    A whole heap of flavour in such a simple dish. The tagine will thicken on standing, so don’t be too concerned if it looks quite liquidy. I liked the pine nuts, but the rest of the household weren’t too fussed.

  • Crisrose on February 01, 2022

    Simple and delicious. Yes the sauce is quite liquid but very enjoyable. I used regular carrots cut into baby carrot sized batons. Served with lemon marinated chicken tenders and aged basmati rice.

• Long-grain rice with lemon & toasted almonds

  • e_ballad on October 14, 2017

    Very nice, but we favour a Claudia Roden recipe for a similar rice dish. Serves 6 generously rather than 4 as a side dish.

• Spiced Puy lentils with porcini & herbs

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on September 07, 2019

    What an excellent recipe for lentil salad. Warming and hearty, the option of adding an extra poached or boiled egg makes it a perfect lunchtime salad. Loved this!

• Lentils with sweet carrots, dates & golden cream

  • MissQuin on October 05, 2015

    Flavours were delicious but there was definitely something wrong with the quantities. If I had followed as written it would have been more like a lentil carrot soup as it makes far more dressing than what is required for a salad that only contains 1/2 a medium carrot. i ended up adding about 4 whole medium carrots.

• Fregola with zucchini, citrus & basil

  • KarinaFrancis on May 05, 2026

    I won’t rate this recipe because I took way too many liberties. What I ended up with was very tasty but it would be much better staying closer to the recipe as written.

• Lemon posset with fennel shortbread thins

  • RosieB on March 03, 2016

    This was easy and delicious. Make sure you use a good double cream. Not a supermarket cream. The biscuits were a good partner to the sharpness of the lemon. Great make ahead desert.