Type: Meat
Upside-down spiced rice with lamb and broad beans
Maqlubeh is one of Palestine’s key national dishes. This ‘upside down’ dish, made in one pot before being inverted on to a…
Lemon chicken with za’atar
As anyone who has cooked the chicken traybakes from Sami’s previous cookbooks – Ottolenghi: The Cookbook and Jerusalem – knows, the secret…
Spicy pasta bake
Sami, like so many kids – Middle Eastern or otherwise – did a lot of his growing up at home on pasta…
Pulled lamb shawarma sandwich
Slow-cooked lamb, piled into a warm pita with all the condiments you care for: this is the ultimate shawarma sandwich. Once cooked,…
Chicken shawarma pie
Spiced marinated chicken thighs, slow-cooked until meltingly tender, layered with baked potato slices and rich tahini sauce, all wrapped up in thin-as-a-feather…
Chicken musakhan
Musakhan is the hugely popular national dish of Palestine: growing up, Sami ate it once a week, pulling a piece of chicken…
Stuffed aubergines and courgettes in a rich tomato sauce
Stuffing vegetables is such an everyday event in the Palestinian kitchen that most cooks have a special knife to help them with…
Meatballs and peas in tomato sauce
This is a dish to both comfort and surprise. Comfort in a way that only baked meatballs can, and surprise at the…
Stuffed turnips with turkey, freekeh and spicy tamarind sauce
Stuffing vegetables is commonplace in Palestinian cooking. As well as being delicious, celebratory and comforting, the resulting dishes are often a practical…