Type: Meat

April 11, 2022

Chicken with caramelized onion & cardamom rice

Although rice has never been grown locally, it has become a staple Palestinian grain and definitely the basic ingredient in all ceremonial…

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Poached chicken with sweet spiced freekeh

One of the most practical and fun ways of preparing meat and starch at the same time forms the basis of many…

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Roasted chicken with jerusalem artichoke & lemon

Jerusalem artichokes are well loved in the city but have actually got nothing to do with it; not officially anyway. The name…

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Roasted chicken with clementines & arak

All the intense flavours lavished on the poor chicken — arak, mustard, fennel, clementines with their skins, brown sugar — somehow manage…

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Braised quail with apricots, currants & tamarind

Tamarhindi, the Arab name for tamarind, literally translates to ‘Indian date’. It arrived in the Levant somewhere around the 7th century, having…

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Jerusalem mixed grill

Aside from the kugel (see page 206), few dishes have gained the addition of ‘Jerusalem’ to their name. Despite the misleading name,…

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April 26, 2021

Spring roast chicken with preserved lemon

I’m not the first to combine lemon, garlic and chicken – and I won’t be the last – but sometimes it’s good…

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Chicken Marbella

This is a dish I regularly cook for friends. All the work is done in advance – you can marinate it for…

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Chicken with miso, ginger and lime

This dish is lovely either warm from the oven – served with sticky or basmati rice – or at room temperature. If…

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