Sumac
Sumac is a very popular spice in Middle Eastern and certain Mediterranean cuisines. The berries of the Sumac bush are dried then ground to form a deep red, almost purplish coarse powder. It is sour, tangy, lemony with just a…
Category Middle Eastern and North African
Fattoush, an Arab/Levantine bread salad with Sumac
Now that spring has sprung and with all that sunshine we’ve been getting recently, I am starting to think of summer salads! Fattoush is my all time favourite warm weather salad, with its fresh and zingy flavours. It’s a crisp…
Homemade Msemen (Crispy Moroccan Pancake, Rghaif)
Msemen is a fairly flaky, square shaped crispy Moroccan pancake (Rghaif) or flatbread that’s made from a combination of plain wheat flour and semolina. It is eaten for breakfast and also in the evenings with Moroccan Mint Tea (or coffee), and…
Moroccan Mint Tea (Thé Marocain)
How to make traditional Moroccan Mint Tea or Thé Marocain as it’s drunk in Morocco, with fresh mint leaves steeped alongside gunpowder green tea. Moroccans Mint Tea Ask any Moroccan and they’ll tell you that drinking mint tea is a…
Merguez, Spicy North African Sausages
Merguez are sausages with an attitude! These spicy and distinctive sausages are found all over North Africa. Merguez are sausages with an attitude! These spicy and distinctive sausages are found all over North Africa and during our month in Morocco, I…
Merguez Spice Mix
Strictly speaking, you don’t need a spice mix for making Merguez sausages, you can just add a little bit of this and a little bit of that when making the sausages themselves. But I love having the Merguez Sausage Mix at…