Middle Eastern Food
Today’s recipe by the wonderful Lama Gharaibeh is a creamy, dreamy delight full of fabulous Middle Eastern flavours. Layali Lubnan translates as ‘Lebanese Nights’ and is a heavenly combination of cream, pistachios, rose water, mastic, honey, and orange blossom water. Even better, it can be prepared ahead of time, which makes it the perfect choice if you’re entertaining this Eid or need a make-ahead showstopping dessert for a dinner party!
Today we’re heading to North Africa, where bakeries and home cooks alike all across the region are busy preparing for Eid Al Fitr, including preparing delicious makrout biscuits just like these! These sweet treats are stuffed with a fragrant date paste spiced with cinnamon, and traditionally they are deep fried before a decadent soaking in syrup or honey infused with geranium water.
We’re so lucky to be able to share a very special recipe for Tunisian Makrout with you today, thanks to Nesrine Toujani of Treats Homemade, who has preserved her grandmother’s recipe and is sharing it with us all to enjoy at home.
Today we’ve got a fabulous sweet treat for you courtesy of Muna Kenny at Munaty Cooking – Luqaimat! Wonderfully crunchy on the outside, delicately spiced with cardamom and saffron, and meltingly soft within, Luqaimat are drizzled with honey or date syrup to create a dessert to die for. Muna’s recipe even includes her secret hack to ensure that your Luqaimat have that perfect crunch. We do warn you, you won’t be able to stop after just one – Luqaimat are so good that they featured in A Thousand and One Nights!
Here it is – Part Two of our list of the best Instagram accounts to follow if you’re learning Arabic! Instagram can be the perfect way to incorporate Arabic into your daily routine and this list of accounts will help you put your scrolling habit to good use!