Category Archives: Iftar

Lebanese Sausages Ingredients:  Garlic and Vinegar Sausages from Abu Ahmed Butchery Brown Onions, quartered Eggplant, sliced into 1cm thick slices Cauliflower, chopped 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses Pine nuts Olive Oil Labneh Olives Salt to taste   Method: In a saucepan, add rice bran oil until ⅓ full. Shallow fry eggplant and cauliflower […]

Gravy Beef Casserole   Ingredients: Gravy Beef Carrots, diced Onion, sliced Garlic Eggplant, chopped Potatoes, chopped   Method: Combine all ingredients in a pressure cooker. Cook for 30 minutes. In a saucepan boil water with a pinch of salt. Add chopped potatoes and boil until soft. Drain water from the saucepan and add milk and […]

Asian Stir Fry Lamb Ingredients: Lamb backstrap Carrots chopped Red onion sliced Green capsicum chopped Broccolini chopped Mushrooms sliced Ginger grated Garlic sliced or minced Oyster sauce Soy sauce Honey Chilli black bean sauce Your choice of noodles (singapore, hokkien, udon etc)   Method: Slice meat into thirds and then with the thickest third, horizontally […]

Maqloubeh   Ingredients: 1 kg Lamb loin chops 1 eggplant, sliced and pan fried 2 tsp Lebanese 7 spice mix 2 tsp Black pepper 2 tsp Ground hot chilli 2 tsp Ground sweet paprika 2 tsp Ground cinnamon Salt to taste Drizzle of extra virgin olive oil 2 cups Basmati rice 4 cups water 2 […]

Lahme Bi Ajin Two Ways   Ingredients:  1/2 kg fine lamb mince 1 large onion chopped 1 tsp Lebanese 7 Spice 1 tsp Paprika 2 tomatoes finely chopped ½ tsp Extra virgin olive oil Salt 1 tbs Harissa/red chilli paste (optional) 2 Pita Breads   Ingredients: 1 tbs tahini 1 ½ tsp vinegar 3 tsp […]

Chicken Alfredo Penne Pasta Ingredients: 1 kg chicken breast 2 cups full cream milk 1 cup of thickened cream 1 can 3 cloves garlic minced 2 cups parmesan cheese vegeta stock powder salt to taste olive oil Pesto paste (rocket, pine nuts, olive oil, parmesan cheese, salt to taste – blended in the food processor) […]

Moghrabieh Two Ways Ingredients Whole Chicken Onions Caraway Ground cumin Ground cinnamon Lebanese 7 spices Peppercorns Whole cloves Pre cooked chickpeas (available to purchase at Abu Ahmad Butchery)  Pre cooked pearl couscous (available to purchase at Abu Ahmad Butchery)   Method: 1 To create the stock, place the whole chicken, a few peppercorns, sprinkle it […]

Pasta Carbonara with Chorizo    Ingredients Fettuccine (or whatever pasta you have available) Fettayleh Chorizo 2 x Eggs Pepper Parmesan Cheese Fresh herbs for serving (optional)   Method In a saucepan, boil water for preparation to boil fettuccine – in boiling water, cook pasta for 7 minutes, turn off the heat and let sit for […]

Lamb Biryani Ingredients Lamb shoulder from Abu Ahmad Butchery 2 and ½ cups of basmati rice ¼ cup cooking oil 8 whole cloves 4 black cardamom pods 4 cinnamon sticks 4 large onions sliced thin 1 tbs garlic paste 1tbs ginger paste  ¼ cup coriander leaves 3 tbs mint leaves 3 tomatoes chopped 2 tsp […]

Lamb Roast with Chimichurri  Ingredients Rolled Lamb Roast from Abu Ahmad Butchery Potatoes, carrot, onion, leek, garlic (any seasonal vegetables or any you have available) 3 cloves of garlic 1 tsp cracked black pepper 1 tsp mild/sweet paprika ¼ tsp dried chilli flakes 1 tsp sea salt ¼ cup fresh mint leaves 2 cups flat […]