Mezze: A Labor of Love by Barbara Abdeni Massaad

    • Categories: Cocktails / drinks (with alcohol); Lebanese
    • Ingredients: arak
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  • Heirloom tomatoes with garlic (Banadoura jabalieh ma toum)

    • mjes on May 20, 2021

      Variation of slicing tomato and sprinkling a little arak on top ... you may resort to this before you finally get the main recipe correct. Take that as a suggestion you master the recipe before offering it to guests. If you make mayonnaise, you'll have little problem with the emulsification of the garlic paste. The problem is finding the right balance between tomato - garlic paste - sumac. You think you have it only to have the next tomato be much sweeter ... or the garlic has a bit more bite ... or ....but when you finally get it right, it was well worth all those not quite right trials. This is definitely a repeat ... many times.

  • Wild chicory [dandelion greens] in oil (Hindbeh di zeit)

    • mjes on May 20, 2021

      I used home grown Italian dandelion greens. Think lightly wilted greens with caramelized onions and a bit of lemon juice &olive oil... another winner for small plates.

  • Botargo (Batrakh)

    • mjes on May 20, 2021

      Once you've broken into a package of botargo, you will find a strange obsession overtakes you ... how to do I use up my botargo. A splinter of garlic, oil, and lemon? Yes, that does do a very nice job of making a very enjoyable bite that uses up my botargo.

  • Lima beans with garlic (Fassoulia mtabaleh)

    • mjes on May 20, 2021

      Okay, this cookbook may be Lebanese, but it has me thinking I need a trip to the Stinking Rose. This is yet another garlic/lemon recipe -- this time with room temperature lima beans (frozen). Simple but effective ... and great as a small plate dish.

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  • ISBN 10 9953028281
  • ISBN 13 9789953028286
  • Published Nov 01 2013
  • Page Count 192
  • Language English
  • Countries Lebanon

Publishers Text

A book dedicated to our traditional Lebanese mezze. Barbara Massaad after her books "Man’oushe" and "Mouneh" continues her quest to discover and preserve our Lebanese culinary heritage. Together with artist Pascale Hares, they create a new portrayal of food culture and identity filled with beautiful illustrations. A true labor for both, the book Mezze: A Labor of Love promises to be a successful artsy coffee table book while remaining true to be a very informative cookbook.

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