Notes about Recipes in this book

• Confit salmon tarator with coriander, walnuts and tahini sauce

  • aargle on June 04, 2013

    My girlfriend cooked this for us. It was a memorable meal. Absolutely delicious

• Cumin-spiced lentil salad with walnut dressing

  • lizwinn on February 19, 2017

    This was wonderful. Modifications included deleting the oil to be McDougall compliant, and combining the lentils with red rice. I also caramelized 2 large yellow onions with a couple of cinnamon sticks and combined with the rice and cooked lentils. Will make again.

• Eggplant salad with soft goat's cheese and walnuts

  • mjes on July 23, 2021

    Once I open a bottle of walnut oil, I try to find other recipes using it as even in the refrigerator it deteriorates noticeably if I forget about it. I wish I'd had fenugreek leaves but even without the optional ingredient the parsely and cilantro leaves provided enough leafiness for the eggplant-tomato-goat cheese salad. This is an excellent salad which will make it to family dinners as well as my own rotation.

• Green beans slow-cooked with cumin and tomatoes (Loubia bi zeit)

  • lizwinn on February 19, 2017

    A keeper. I used crushed fresh ginger instead of the dried. Good balance of flavors.

• Hummus with spiced marinated lamb and pine nuts

  • pfgarden on March 27, 2011

    Excellent, I love this recipe

• Lebanese nut rice

  • KarinaFrancis on September 01, 2013

    This is a winner. I've made it several times and this time I added a pinch of Lebanese five spice when I fried off the lamb. Wonderful!

• Minced lamb pizza (Lahm bi ajine)

  • KarinaFrancis on November 25, 2013

    Love this mixture. Have to admit I cheated and used a pita base, but it was yum. All it needed was a dollop of yogurt.

• Mushroom-stuffed vine leaves with herbs

  • mjes on July 23, 2021

    Mushroom rice dolmas, in comparison to my usual plain rice dolmas, with a new-to-me mint labneh sauce. I found it interesting that the garlic and sumac are relegated to the cooking stock but the end product is well balanced so this was a wise choice. This is a recipe that will be repeated.

• Pickled turnips

  • jessekl on May 01, 2015

    The recipe seems to call for way too much salt.

• Swirls with Kahlua (Ma'amoul)

  • Melanie on March 06, 2012

    Made these in a masterclass with Malouf himself. End result was great but I'm not sure if I would have the patience do it at home - the date filling had already been prepared for us and involved blanching/skinning/deseeding the dates... suggested alternative was a combination of cooked apple, dried apple, cinnamon and turkish apple tea. Will try that version as the I loved the biscuits.

• Warm shredded lamb's tongue salad with pickled lebanese cucumbers, celery and lemon-mint dressing

  • mziech on April 30, 2013

    This salad is ok, but was not impressed by the flavor of the lamb tongue which is first poached with vegetables en needs to stay overnight in the cooking liquid. Salad ingredients were nice, but the whole recipe needs some extra kick.

• Zghorta-style kibbeh patties stuffed with cinnamon and pine-nut butter

  • Melanie on June 01, 2014

    These are a bit fiddly to make but the end result is well worth it.

• Zucchini and mint fritters

  • KarinaFrancis on November 25, 2013

    The family loved these! Very fresh and delicious.

• Nord1jus

  As you know if you’re a fan of their books, Greg and Lucy have been working together for a long time...Greg often goes off on tangents and Lucy does a good job of reining him in.

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