How To Cook With Banana Leaves

How To Cook With Banana Leaves Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes It’s good to know how to cook with banana leaves as they’re wonderfully versatile. They can be used to wrap all sorts of food for cooking and presentation and also as plates or serving platters. […]

Chicory Gratin

Chicory Gratin Discover more delicious Swiss dishes on my small group food & wine tour of Switzerland! In northern Europe, notably Switzerland, the greens of chard, chicory and curly endive are often discarded, as it’s the crisp stems that are prized. There’s no need to waste either part of these tasty, healthy vegetables. Use the […]

How To Prepare Artichokes For Cooking

How To Prepare Artichokes For Cooking Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Thorny, primitive-looking globe artichokes are a member of the thistle family and one of my favourite vegetables. Globe artichokes – not to be confused with potato-like Jerusalem artichokes, which are a different vegetable altogether – […]

Eggplant Fatteh (Fatteh Batenjen)

Eggplant Fatteh Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! Fatteh comes from the Arabic verb to ‘break up’ or ‘crumble’, which is what’s done to the stale flatbread in this eggplant fatteh recipe. Fatteh is one of those ingenious peasant dishes created to ensure nothing goes to waste and it’s a great […]

Fattoush (Lebanese Bread Salad)

Fattoush Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! Whenever I have stale Lebanese bread I generally turn it into pita crisps, then use some of them to make fattoush, one of the easiest and most delicious salads. There are as many variations on fattoush as there are Lebanese cooks. Some recipes include […]

Lebanese Cauliflower

Lebanese Cauliflower Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! I love the deep-fried cauliflower often seen as part of a Lebanese mezze, but it can be a touch oily. So I usually roast my Lebanese cauliflower in the oven instead. Roasting gives the same great caramelised flavour with less mess and fewer […]

Ejjeh (Lebanese Omelette)

Ejjeh(Lebanese Omelette) Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! In Lebanon, ejjeh (omelettes), typically filled with just green onion and herbs, are popular as a snack, part of a meze, or as a sandwich filling wrapped inside fresh pita – sometimes with a little extra green onion and parsley or onion and […]

Lebanese Lemonade (Batrouni Laimounada)

Lebanese Lemonade Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! Homemade lemonade is a delicious treat and very popular in Lebanon and, especially in summer, a typical way to welcome guests. Lebanese lemonade is also called Batrouni lemonade after the resort town of Batroun in northern Lebanon, famous for its beaches, nightlife and […]

Baba Ghanoush

Baba Ghanoush Like baba ghanoush? You’ll love my online Lebanese cooking class! There are two names for a Middle Eastern dip made from eggplant that’s been heavily roasted – ideally over an open fire or charcoal to give it an addictively smoky aroma – mutabbal and the better known baba ghanoush. Whether they’re different names […]

How To Segment Citrus

How To Segment Citrus Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Learning how to segment citrus fruit to create neat pieces gives dishes a professional finish. And they’re easy to create once you know how to segment citrus fruit. The same method is used to segment oranges, lemons, […]

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