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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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...
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Sweet tart recipes
The very best baklava
Versions of this crisp, nutty confection abound in Greece, Turkey, the Caucasus and the Middle...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Vegan dinner recipes
Aubergine, tomato and chickpea traybake
Elly Pear’s aubergine and chickpea traybake is one of her favourite recipes from her vegetarian...
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Filo pastry recipes
Chocolate baklava
Sweet, crisp baklava is delicious in its traditional form but food writer and cookery expert...
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Roast lamb leg recipes
Harissa-spiced slow-roast lamb
Our fragrant leg of lamb, served with a mint, almond, cucumber and radish salad, is...
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Loaf cake recipes
Pomegranate loaf cake
Try this beautiful, yet easy-to-make, almond and polenta loaf cake drizzled with fresh pomegranate juice...
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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...
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Quick chicken recipes
Chicken shawarma kebabs
Grab a pack of pitta breads for this easy 30-minute meal; spiced chicken, onions and...
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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...
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Midweek meal recipes
Quick pork koftas with slaw
These easy-to-make koftas – with pork mince, garlic, apple and chilli – are a brilliant...
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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...
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Salmon fillet recipes
Glazed salmon with giant couscous
Pomegranate molasses adds sticky sweetness to glazes and marinades which is why we’ve used it...
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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,...
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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...
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Flatbread recipes
Warm flatbreads with herb butter
Warm flatbreads, drizzled with a lemony herb butter and scattered with chilli flakes, are the...
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Spiced lamb meatballs with tahini-dressed bulgur wheat
These spiced lamb meatballs for two make a great midweek meal served with the tahini...
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Flatbread recipes
Crispy dukka flatbreads with herbed houmous
This simple north African-inspired recipe of Dukka flatbreads and houmous makes a scrummy starter, canape...
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Zahtar spiced nuts
This Lebanese-inspired recipe for herby, spiced nuts makes for an excellent nibble to have with...
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