August ← 2006 ← Balagan Recipes

Fatoush – Vege, Herb and Bread Salad

Aug

19

2006

Fatoush is an Arab salad which includes stale or toasted pita bread. It is a Syrian and Lebanese speciality. Adding the bread just before serving means it is still crisp when put on the table, although originally the idea was for the bread to soak up the dressing so it was mixed in sooner. Steven ...

Savoury Mini-Muffins

Aug

17

2006

We’ve made these a couple of times as a starter. They look and taste great. They also have the advantage that they’re gluten free as they lack wheat. In both recipes the vegetables and eggs provide the bulk. Each recipe makes 12 mini-muffins, which is convenient as mini-muffin trays usually hold 24. If you don’t ...

Roast Chicken with Dried Fruit

Aug

16

2006

Based on a nominally Spanish recipe by Anya von Bremzen. The main advantage of this dish is that it, being based on a pre-cooked chicken, can be prepared in 30 min. Roast Chicken with Dried Fruit Print Recipe

Carrot Salad

Aug

13

2006

One of many carrot salads that I quite like. Carrot Salad Print Recipe

Conventional and BBQ Menu 2

Aug

13

2006

My Weber Charcoal Kettle BBQ has seen a bit of action this summer. This menu is a more elaborate buffet which we thought was nicely balanced. Only a small portion was on the BBQ. One of the guests has Celiac, so much of this was gluten free (indicated by *). As it happens the only ...

Peanut Sauce (Satay Sauce)

Aug

9

2006

I love peanut sauce and use it on meat (Satay), on salads (Gado Gado), and even in sandwiches. I’ve been making it for years, but never quite got the effect I found in authentic Thai, Malaysian or Indonesian restaurants. So I studied several of my south-east Asian cook books and came up with this amalgam ...