Almonds

(about 55 grams) unsalted butter • stevia • large egg • vanilla extract • baking powder • baking soda • (about 60 grams) tahini • (about 70 grams) sesame seeds • (about 125 grams) almond flour

lamb (about 600 grams) • onions • garlic • Parsley • Olive oil • Vegetable oil • black pepper • Salt to taste • turmeric • Saffron • cinnamon stick • ginger •

almond flour (about 45 grams) • butter (about 28 grams) • Steviana sweetener (or other stevia-based sweetener) • heavy cream (about 30 ml) • plain cream (such as Nestlé table cream, about 5.5 oz/155 grams) • Syrup made with Steviana sweetener • Ground pistachios

kunafa pastry (500 grams) • unsalted butter, melted and warm (250 grams) • powdered sugar • For the filling: • Raisins, peanuts, almonds, walnuts, and shredded coconut (use as much as you like) • Cold simple syrup

egg • stevia sweetener • About 3 tablespoons tahini • Vanilla extract • Baking powder • Your choice of main mix-in, such as: • lightly roasted and ground peanuts (about 140 grams) • lightly roasted and ground sesame seeds (about 140 grams) • ground almonds (about 100 grams) • shredded coconut (about 80 grams) • instant coffee (such as Nescafé)

kunafa pastry (500 grams) • unsalted butter (200 grams) • Chopped mixed nuts (such as walnuts and almonds) • Raisins • Powdered sugar • Shredded coconut • Simple syrup

bulgur wheat (about 1 kg) • lean ground beef or lamb (about 1 kg) • ground beef or lamb (about 0.5 kg) • Almonds, pistachios, or pine nuts (use what you have) • Salt • Water • onion • Clarified butter (ghee) or butter

fine bulgur (about 500 grams) • lean ground beef or veal (about 250 grams) • medium onion • Salt, black pepper, allspice, sweet paprika • For the filling: • ground beef (about 500 grams) • medium onions, finely chopped • Salt, black pepper, allspice • clarified butter or ghee • Chopped walnuts or pine nuts • Clarified butter or ghee for greasing, blanched almonds

powdered sugar (60 grams) • chopped mixed nuts (such as hazelnuts, cashews, or almonds) (60 grams) • oil (120 ml) • date tahini (120 ml) • ground cardamom • all-purpose flour (about 190 grams) • baking powder

premium pitted Sukari dates or fresh pitted Sukari dates • liquid tahini • creamy peanut butter • Toasted almond • Toasted sesame seeds, to taste • Chopped pistachios • Toasted and ground peanuts • Crushed tea biscuits (such as plain tea cookies)

semolina (1 kilogram) • sugar (200 grams) • whole milk (240 ml) • vegetable oil (240 ml) • ground mastic, mixed with 1/2 teaspoon sugar • baking powder • orange blossom water • rose water • tahini • For the syrup: • sugar (500 grams) • water (360 ml) •

whole chicken (size depends on number of servings) • raisins (about 250 grams) • large onions • Couscous (amount depends on number of servings) • cinnamon stick • Black pepper • Salt • Butter • Eggs, for garnish • Almonds, for garnish

ground beef (about 340 grams) • bell peppers, assorted colors, diced small • potato, diced small • eggplant, diced small • zucchini, diced small • onion, sliced • little parsley, chopped • toasted almonds • salt • Spices • For the béchamel: • little oil •

kunafa pastry (about 500 grams) • Mixed nuts: shelled peanuts • cashews • raisins • almonds • hazelnuts • shredded coconut • water (about 240 ml) • clarified butter or ghee • For the syrup: 2 cups sugar (about 400 grams)

Ready-made phyllo dough • Melted butter, • For the filling, you have several options: • Chopped pistachios • Nutella with chopped pecans, chopped hazelnuts, or chopped almonds (you can mix them all together if you like) • Thick sugar syrup

Cooked chickpeas, soaked and ready to use (I keep some in the freezer for convenience) • cooked chickpeas (about 330 grams) • tahini (about 120 grams) • Juice of 1 lemon 🍋 • Salt to taste • Add either cold water, plain yogurt, or drinkable yogurt as the liquid for the hummus • Amount of liquid added depends on your preferred hummus consistency • ground beef (about 100 grams) • oil • Salt and black pepper • Almonds or pine nuts, fried in either vegetable oil or olive oil • Sumac for garnish •

lamb chops (about 500 grams) • ground lamb or beef (about 500 grams) • Nuts of your choice (such as almonds or pine nuts) • For marinating the lamb chops: • Salt, seven spice blend, ground ginger, ground cardamom, ground red pepper • For the rice: • basmati rice (about 400 grams) • hot water or meat/chicken broth (about 950 ml) • small pieces mastic • cinnamon stick • cardamom pods • dried black lime (loomi) •

Ready-made phyllo dough • ready-made • melted butter (about 2 tablespoons or 28 grams) • mixed nuts (about 70 grams; use your favorites) • I used pistachios, pecans, almonds, and hazelnuts • Coarsely chop the nuts and add • brown sugar • cinnamon • For the cheesecake mixture: • Philadelphia cream cheese, at room temperature (about 225 grams) • sugar (about 60 grams) • flour (about 7 grams) •

lamb (about 1 kg) • or more prunes • ground cinnamon • ground ginger • salt • ras el hanout spice blend (optional) • saffron • ground turmeric • saffron powder • black pepper • toasted sesame seeds • fried almonds •

lamb (about 1 kg) • large onion, chopped • olive oil • turmeric • black pepper • ground ginger • salt, or to taste • Moroccan lamb spice blend (for tagine) • saffron threads • Pitted green olives • Fried almonds • honey •

short or medium-grain rice (about 600 grams) • large boiled potato • large egg • salt • turmeric • About 5 cups water (1.2 liters) • For the filling: • ground beef (about 450 grams) • celery • medium onion • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste •

finely ground beef (1 kg) • large onions • large potato • Cilantro or parsley, to taste • Black pepper • biryani spices • Salt • Curry powder • Pine nuts or almonds, to taste

lean lamb (about 500 grams) • fatty lamb (about 500 grams) • fine bulgur (about 500 grams) • Spices: • each of the following, ground: • Roasted cumin • Ground cardamom • Paprika • Black pepper • Cinnamon • Salt to taste • Ghee or clarified butter (or animal fat) •

Kunafa pastry • Melted butter for brushing • Whole almonds • Cold sugar syrup

For the dough: • fine white bulgur • all-purpose flour • cumin • red pepper paste • black pepper • salt • vegetable oil • For the filling: • onions, finely chopped • Ground beef or lamb, as desired • Pine nuts and almonds, as desired •

medium-grain couscous • vegetable oil • salt • boiling water (about 0.5 liters) • unsalted butter • powdered sugar • For garnish: • Ground cinnamon • Blanched, peeled, fried, and ground almonds • Hard-boiled eggs • Dates

cooked chickpeas (about 1 kg) • Fried pita bread—use as much as you like • For the sauce: • musabaha (about 500 grams; or use extra cooked chickpeas blended with tahini and lemon juice) • plain yogurt (about 240 ml) • tahini (about 120 ml) • garlic, crushed • lemon juice (about 60 ml), salt, 1/2 cup chickpea cooking water (about 120 ml) • clarified butter or ghee (about 120 ml) • Nuts for garnish (like pine nuts or almonds), chopped parsley, diced tomato, spices

prepared kofta or homemade (see previous recipe for details) • plain yogurt (about 1.5 kilograms) • water (about 0.5 liter) • cornstarch dissolved in a little water • Salt • beef bouillon cube • finely chopped cilantro • garlic cloves, crushed • For garnish: pine nuts if available, or use sliced almonds as I did • To serve: fluffed rice

Kibbeh Dough: • fine bulgur (about 3 kg) • lean ground beef or lamb, fat trimmed (about 750 grams) • Salt to taste • seven spice blend • Water • onions • Filling: • ground beef or lamb (about 3 kg) • onions, finely chopped • Nuts as desired (walnuts, almonds, or pine nuts) • corn oil or sunflower oil (about 120 ml)

bulgur wheat (about 270 grams) • cracked wheat (jareesh) (about 180 grams) • For the filling: • ground beef (about 450 grams) • onion, finely chopped • chopped parsley or celery (about 30 grams) • slivered almonds or golden raisins (about 60 grams)