Middle Eastern Snack
Middle Eastern snacking is the meze plate that does not end and the sweet pastry that does. Pistachios, dates, knafeh fresh from the pan, halawi from a tin. The plate is part of the conversation.
Featured middle eastern snack recipes
- Knafeh, pistachio and cheese — Iris · Nablus, Palestine · Crumbled phyllo, fresh cheese, sugar syrup with rose, hot from the pan.
- Baklava, pistachio — Iris · Gaziantep, Turkey · Phyllo, butter, pistachio, sugar syrup with lemon. The patience version of dessert.
- Hummus, real — Samira Aoun · Beirut, Lebanon · Samira: chickpeas peeled, tahini, lemon, garlic, ice water — smooth from technique.
- Baba ghanoush, smoked — Iris · Beirut, Lebanon · Charred eggplant, tahini, lemon, garlic, pomegranate molasses.
- Muhammara, walnut-pomegranate — Fatima Saadeh · Ramallah, Palestine · Fatima: roasted red pepper, walnut, pomegranate molasses, breadcrumb.
- Manakish, cheese — Iris · Beirut, Lebanon · Flatbread, akkawi cheese, hot oven, eaten standing.
- Turkish tea, glass — Tarek Habib · Istanbul, Turkey · Tarek: the double-teapot, the tulip glass, the sugar cube on the side.
- Ma‘moul, semolina-date cookies — Iris · Levant · Date-filled semolina cookies, mahleb, rosewater, the press that prints them.
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