I was invited to my friend Asmahan’s for dinner the other night, and she made these amazing stuffed grape leaves. I called her today for the recipe, she was kind enough to share it with me, now I’m sharing with you. I have posted sarma/dolma recipes before but they are Turkish or Albanian style. This is the Lebanese style of making them. …
Appetizers
Spinach Burek
Spinach burek is one of my all time favourite bureks! Try it out and let me know in the comments how you liked it.
I made the cottage cheese optional as I don’t always add it, but it tastes great both ways. If I have cottage cheese I will use it but I won’t go out to buy it if I don’t have any. You can use more feta cheese if you want, as well.
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Turkish Bulgur Salad (Kisir)
Kisir is a Turkish bulgar salad like tabouli but prepared differently; I find it to be much more filling. This is great as a side dish or on its own for lunch or a snack.
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Pogaca
Pogača is popular all over the Balkans….it’s made in different shapes and sizes! The dough is soft and the filling simple. Great served as an appetizer or on your breakfast table.
It took me a few times to get the dough perfect….I like soft dough sometimes pogaca can be dry depending on who makes it, and I don’t like dry bread! Once I got the measurements correct I wrote it down right away! The problem is I am used to measuring with North American measurements when baking, where as in Turkey for example a cup is actually a Turkish glass teacup. I cannot tell you how many times I made something and mixed up the measuring cups….
Mercimek Koftesi Lentil Kebab
Hummus
Delicious homemade hummus, way better than store bought! When making any kind of dip or sauce you have to taste and adjust as you go, sometimes one lemon is enough sometimes not, same with salt, tahini, garlic etc, so taste along the way and it’s done when you are happy with the taste and texture.
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