Are your Taste Buds Ready To Dance?
Are Your Taste Buds Ready to Dance?
Are your taste buds ready to dance? They will with these wonderful Egyptian recipes, full of vibrant, exciting flavours, here at “Secrets of a Cairo Kitchen”.
Enjoy this exhilerating journey, discovering vibrant, exciting flavours.
- “Secrets of a Cairo Kitchen” has wonderful recipes full of vibrant, exciting flavours to share with you.
- You’ll be taken you on an exhilarating journey discovering the culinary delights Egypt has to offer.
- You’ll learn how to blend herbs and spices to make food that make your taste buds dance.
- You’ll discover recipes that make people smile.
- And you’ll learn a little about Egyptian culture along the way.
So, Are your taste buds ready to dance with joy?
Learning new and exciting ingredients and recipes can make every mealtime a culinary adventure which will awaken your taste buds and have them dancing.
The Importance of Herbs and Spices
You’re learn the art of blending herbs and spices, with “Secrets of a Cairo Kitchen”. You’ll also learn how important herbs and spices are when you want to create dishes that excel.
Your taste buds will be brought to life by multiple layers of flavour
Finding just the right proportions is key to perfecting a recipe. Herbs and spices add vibrancy and depth of flavour in multiple layers, bringing your food to life.
Amazing Aromas that awaken the senses
Let’s not forget the amazing aromas that herbs and spices release, setting the scene and awakening the senses even before one morsel is lifted from the plate.
So, Are Your Taste Buds Ready To Dance?
Welcome to your journey of discovery – enjoy every minute of it.
Here are a few recommendations
These dishes are sure to make your taste buds dance.
Give them a go & let me know which ones are the best.
Click on the links to get the recipes
Beef Kofta : The Middle Eastern version of a meat ball – just so much more tasty. With the addition of blended spices the flavours are incredible and a real joy.
Spiced Chicken Over Potato Layers : As this dish is cooked the air is filled with the most wonderful aromas from the spices in which the Chicken has been marinated. Whilst the chicken cooks, the meat juices are released basting the vegetables below. The resulting dish is a true celebration of flavour.
Beef Ghoulash, (best meat pie ever) : Micro-thin layers of crisp, buttery filo pastry encasing the most delicious meat filling – seasoned to perfection. The first time one of my son-in-laws had this, his response was, “Best meat pie ever.” And it truly is, it’s just so good.
Chicken Shawarma : Chicken that’s been marinated in a blend of the most wonderful aromatic spices and then either barbequed, grilled or fried. As you can imagine the smell produced in the cooking process are out of this world. It’s then brought together in a wrap, along with salad and drizzled with glorious tahini .
Crispy Cauliflower Wrap : Cauliflower florets in an amazing crispy spiced batter which has been seasoned with cumin, chilli flakes, garlic and more, taking it to its ultimate taste levels. This is then rolled into a wrap along with salad and drizzled with creamy tahini or a good slather of houmous – really tasty.
Beef & Cheese Lavash Wraps : This combination of meat and dairy is superb. Imagine the flavours of a gourmet cheese burger, wrapped in crispy wafer-thin bread. Imagine the crunch as you bite into it unlocking the glorious aromas and flavours of the succulent filling – yes it really is that good!
Shakshuka : Poached eggs Egyptian style. The base of the dish is an incredibly delicious spicy sauce made from peppers, tomatoes and onions. This is cooked through until it’s rich and tender. Eggs are then cradled in the surface of the sauce and cooked through in the juices. Served as a sharing platter and scooped up with warm flat breads.
Harissa Chicken : Harissa is an aromatic spicy paste made from ingredients that include roasted red peppers, garlic, ginger, aniseed, smoked paprika, chilli and more. The chicken is marinated in this wonderful rich and spicy paste before cooking, giving it unbelievable flavours to start off with. But then the flavours are elevated to a completely new level by smoking. The flavours are just off the chart they’re so good.
If the idea of smoking something that sounds really difficult, believe me when I tell you that it’s not; not at all.
And if you think you’ll need fancy expensive equipment let me tell you NO. Everything you need you’ve probably already got.
Have a go – YOU’LL BE AMAZED !
Lamb Fettah : This is one of the signature dishes of Egypt. A large tray is covered in pieces of crispy bread. This is then thoroughly soaked in a wonderfully rich gravy and covered with rice. Beautifully tender chunks of meat are then spread over the rice and more of the gravy is ladled over the rice. The finishing touch is then a rich tomato sauce, laced with cumin and garlic which is then drizzled over the meat as its crowning glory.
Roasted Butternut Squash Salad : Butternut squash seasoned with warm aromatic spices and roasted until tender is the main star of the show with this dish. The addition of brown lentils and chickpeas to the salad make this a substantial dish; every mouthful packed with flavour.
Nut Ghoulash / Baklava : Crisp, micro-thin, buttery layers of filo pastry enveloping toasted nuts bathed in a seductively sweet syrup make this an incredibly popular sweet treat, loved by just about everyone.
I hope you enjoy these recipes. Let me know what you think.