Lebanese Fattoush Salad Recipe - How to Make Lebanese Fattoush Salad

The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen presents Lebanese fattoush salad recipe, an authentic salad dish from Lebanon. Enjoy Lebanese food cooking recipes and learn how to make the best Lebanese fattoush summer salad dish. Easy and tasty vegetarian salad.

Ingredients (serves 4)

2 wholemeal pocket pita bread
1/4 cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp sesame seeds
2 tsp black sesame seeds
Sea salt flakes
2 Lebanese cucumbers
200g punnet grape tomatoes
2 radishes, trimmed, thinly sliced
1 cup mint leaves
1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley
1 tbs lemon juice
Sumac, to sprinkle

Method

1. 1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Place pita bread on an oven tray. Brush both sides with 1 tbs of the oil and sprinkle with combined sesame seeds. Sprinkle with salt flakes. Bake in oven, turning once during cooking, for 5-7 minutes or until golden and crisp. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Break up into large pieces.
2. 2. Use a vegetable peeler to cut the cucumbers into ribbons. Arrange the cucumber, tomatoes, radish, mint, parsley and pita on a large serving platter. Combine the lemon juice and remaining oil in a small jug. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle over the salad and sprinkle with sumac. Serve immediately.

Notes

Note: Sumac is the fruit of a shrub that grows in the Mediterranean and Middle East. The tangy, lemony spice is used as a rub for meats, sprinkled over salads or mixed with olive oil to make a simple dip.

Variation: Fattoush is a traditional Middle-Eastern salad. You can also add good-quality sheep's feta and kalamata olives, and for a slightly different flavour, try replacing parsley with coriander.

Source
Notebook: - February 2008, Page 119
Recipe by Sarah Hobbs

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Turkish lamb pizza with pumpkin & lentils recipe

The Lebanese Recipe Kitchen presents the Turkish lamb pizza with pumpkin & lentils recipe. This pizza is awesome! very easy and delicious. Baked until golden, Turkish bread makes a fantastic base for fresh toppings on a bed of deliciously tangy beetroot dip.

Preparation Time 20 - 25 minutes
Cooking Time 50 minutes
Makes 1 pizza

Ingredients (serves 4)

700g butternut pumpkin, peeled, deseeded, cut into 3cm pieces
Olive oil spray
1 x 430g loaf Turkish bread
1 (about 200g) lamb eye of loin (backstrap)
1 x 400g can brown lentils, rinsed, drained
1 x 200g ctn beetroot dip
Fresh mint leaves, to serve

Minted yoghurt
130g (1/2 cup) low-fat natural yoghurt
1 Lebanese cucumber, cut into 5mm pieces
1/2 small garlic clove, crushed
1/2 cup chopped fresh mint

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Place the pumpkin on the lined tray. Spray with olive oil spray. Roast for 30 minutes or until tender and golden.
2. To make the minted yoghurt, combine the yoghurt, cucumber, garlic and mint in a small bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Bake the bread on the top shelf of oven for 10 minutes. Turn and bake for a further 10 minutes or until crisp and golden.
4. Meanwhile, heat a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Spray both sides of the lamb with olive oil spray. Season with salt and pepper. Add to pan and cook for 3-4 minutes each side for medium or until cooked to your liking. Transfer to a plate and cover with foil. Set aside for 3 minutes to rest.
5. Add the lentils and pumpkin to the frying pan and cook, tossing, for 2 minutes or until heated through.
6. Thinly slice the lamb across the grain. Spread dip over bread. Top with pumpkin mixture and lamb. Spoon over the minted yoghurt. Season with pepper. Sprinkle with mint to serve.

Notes
Time plan tip: Prepare this recipe to the end of step 2 up to 1 day ahead. Store the pumpkin and yoghurt in separate airtight containers in the fridge. Continue from step 3, 20 minutes before serving.

Source
Good Taste - June 2008, Page 70
Recipe by Gemma Luongo

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Turkish Bread Pizza Recipe

The Lebanese Recipes kitchen presents the Turkish Bread Pizza Recipe. Delicious and simple to make. Enjoy middle eastern food & cooking recipes.

Makes 30

Ingredients

2 x 450g Turkish breads, cut in half lengthways
40ml (2 tbs) olive oil
700g jar good-quality thick tomato passata*
200g shredded ham
400g grated mozzarella cheese
1 tbs dried mixed Italian herbs
1 cup pitted black olives, halved

Method

1. Preheat the grill to high. Lay the bread halves on large baking trays and brush with the olive oil. Grill cut-side up until golden. Spread each slice with a quarter of the passata, then sprinkle the ham over the bread, followed by the cheese and herbs. Dot the olives over each pizza. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
2. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
3. Bake the pizzas for 8-10 minutes until the cheese has melted. Use a sharp knife to cut diagonally into wedges.
4. Place on platters and serve pronto!

Notes
Tomato passata (or sugo) is sieved tomatoes, available from supermarkets and delicatessens.

Source
delicious. - March 2003, Page 92
Recipe by Valli Little

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Chicken with yogurt & pomegranate recipe

The Lebanese Recipes/Middle Eastern cuisine invites you to try Chicken with yogurt & pomegranate recipe. Easy, fresh and versatile way to serve chicken, with sweet pomegranate seeds sprinkled on top.

Ingredients
olive oil
butter
1 chicken , about 1.8kg, jointed into 8 pieces
2 onions , finely sliced
1 tsp ground cumin
1 green chilli , halved, seeded and finely chopped
400ml fresh chicken stock , or from a cube or concentrate
500g Greek yogurt
2 tbsp plain flour
1 pomegranate , seeds removed and separated
1 tbsp coriander , freshly chopped

Method

1. Heat 2 tbsp olive oil with a knob of butter in a wide, heavy bottomed saucepan or sauté pan. Season the chicken pieces and brown them on both sides for about 5 minutes. Once they are a good golden color remove them. Add the onions and cook until golden. Stir in the cumin and the chillies and cook for a minute.
2. Put the chicken pieces back in the pan, together with any juices, and add the stock. Bring to the boil then turn the heat down very low. Cover and cook the chicken for 20 minutes, take the lid off and leave to cook for a further 20 minutes. The liquid will reduce slightly and the chicken should be cooked through (there should be no pink juices when you pierce it).
3. Mix the yogurt with the flour (this stabilises it and stops it from splitting). Add a small ladleful of the cooking liquid to the yogurt and mix well. Now add the yogurt to the chicken and mix carefully. Gently heat through then scatter with the pomegranate seeds and coriander and serve.

Try Just thighs

If you don't want to joint a whole chicken for this, use chicken thighs only, or a mixture of joints. If you want to make this as a stand-alone recipe, it can easily be doubled.

Source: olive magazine, January 2007.

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Chicken with Eggplant and Cauliflower Rice Recipe

The Lebanese Recipes Kitchen Invites you to try a delicious main dish of Chicken with Eggplant and Cauliflower Rice dish, this recipe is common in the Arabian Gulf... Enjoy Middle Eastern cooking.

Ingredients
1½ kg whole chicken, cleaned and washed
2 cups vegetable oil or 500 ml, for deep frying
1 medium eggplant or 300 g, cut into large cubes
2 cups cauliflower or 300 g, cut into florets
1 medium onion or 125 g, chopped
2 dried limes, cut into halves
1 medium green capsicum pepper or 150 g, cut into slices
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 medium tomato or 150 g, peeled and diced
3 cubes MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon
4½ cups water or 1125 ml
2½ cups basmati rice or 500 g, washed and drained

Preparation
Place chicken in an oven tray and roast chicken in a 220°C preheated oven for 45-50 minutes or until chicken is roasted and cooked (season chicken with salt and pepper and some vegetable oil).

Meanwhile, heat oil in a saucepan (reserve 3 tablespoon of oil) and fry eggplant and then the cauliflower until they are golden brown in color. Set aside on kitchen tissues to absorb any access oil.

Heat the remaining 3 tablespoons oil in a large pot. Fry onions for 3-4 minutes or until golden in color.

Add dried limes, green capsicum, spices, tomato and MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon cubes, stir for 2 minutes then add the water and bring to boil.

Add the rice and bring to boil with occasional stirring, cover and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes or until rice is halfway cooked. Add the fried vegetables on top. Cover and cook for another 10 minutes or until the rice is completely cooked.

Spoon the rice over a serving plate and serve.

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