Middle Eastern
Get lost in the wonderful aromatic flavours of the Middle East with recipes including 30-minute chicken shawarma kebabs, lamb meatballs with bulgar wheat and baklava.
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Vegan Christmas recipes
Roast carrots and parsnips with hazelnut dukkah
These Middle Eastern inspired roasted root vegetables combine dukkah, hazelnuts and maple syrup for crunch,...

Roast chicken recipes
Harissa and honey chicken with almond tabbouleh
Learn how to spatchcock a chicken with this sticky and spicy recipe, complete with pickled...

Sweet tart recipes
The very best baklava
Versions of this crisp, nutty confection abound in Greece, Turkey, the Caucasus and the Middle...

One-pot recipes
One-pot chicken, sweet potato and peanut stew
Gather round the campfire for an easy-to-make one-pot chicken stew. You can make the stew...

Salmon fillet recipes
Harissa salmon with green lentils and roast cherry...
A harissa salmon recipe, served with green lentils and roasted cherry tomatoes, that’s great for...

Healthy salad recipes
Warm za’atar-spiced cauliflower, red onion and rice salad
Discover the power of za’atar in this spiced vegetarian salad, made with cauliflower, red onions...

Vegan dinner recipes
Aubergine, tomato and chickpea traybake
Elly Pear’s aubergine and chickpea traybake is one of her favourite recipes from her vegetarian...

Filo pastry recipes
Chocolate baklava
Sweet, crisp baklava is delicious in its traditional form but food writer and cookery expert...

Roast lamb leg recipes
Harissa-spiced slow-roast lamb
Our easy, fragrant leg of lamb, served with a mint, almond and radish salad, is...

Loaf cake recipes
Pomegranate loaf cake
Try this beautiful, yet easy-to-make, almond and polenta loaf cake drizzled with fresh pomegranate juice...

Roast chicken recipes
Pomegranate and za’atar roast chicken
A chicken roasted in za’atar and pomegranate juice – served with a cucumber, radish and walnut...

Quick chicken recipes
Chicken shawarma kebabs
Grab a pack of pitta breads for this easy 30-minute meal; spiced chicken, onions and...

Rice pudding recipes
Rice pudding with honey soaked fruit and pistachios
Rice pudding is a traditional Middle Eastern dessert. This recipe is made with coffee making...

Midweek meal recipes
Quick pork koftas with slaw
These easy-to-make koftas – with pork mince, garlic, apple and chilli – are a brilliant...

Quick and easy lamb recipes
Griddled lamb steaks with date, spinach and pistachio...
There’s a wonderful flavour of North Africa in this griddled lamb recipe. Served with a...

Salmon fillet recipes
Glazed salmon with giant couscous
Pomegranate molasses adds sticky sweetness to glazes and marinades which is why we’ve used it...

Quinoa recipes
Warm quinoa salad with broad beans and pomegranate
Top this Middle Eastern-style quinoa salad, by vegetarian cookery book writer Rose Eliot, with halloumi,...

Upside-down cake recipes
Arabian Nights double upside-down cake
Studded with fresh figs, raspberries, pistachios and Turkish delight – John Whaite’s double upside-down cake...

Flatbread recipes
Warm flatbreads with herb butter
Warm flatbreads, drizzled with a lemony herb butter and scattered with chilli flakes, are the...

Spiced lamb meatballs with tahini-dressed bulgur wheat
These spiced lamb meatballs for two make a great midweek meal served with the tahini...