Zaatar Pizza (Manoush Zaatar)

Hello one and all!

I'm back with a very quick and easy pizza recipe and the dough used for this particular recipe is extremely versatile and can be used for almost anything!

I came across this 10 min. dough recipe a few years ago on an Arabic forum (can't remember the name for the life of me) and I found this amazing recipe! It comes in two parts and only takes 10 mins.

Part one:

1/4 cup sugar

2 Tbs fast acting yeast

2 cups warm water

2 cups plain flour

Whisk to combine, cover with cling film and a tea towel and allow to sit for 10 mins.

Part two:

1/2 cup olive oil

3 cups plan flour

Mix in part two with part one, once the 10 mins. is over. At this point you can either use your hands to mix or use a mixer with the dough attachment to combine everything together.

You will find that the dough will keep rising and this recipe is good for at least 3 large pizzas.

For the Zaatar you can purchase the zaatar mix from a middle eastern grocer or dry your own oregano and add sesame seeds to it.

Zaatar mixture

In a bowl mix in 5 tbs of the zaatar mix with enough olive oil to cover the dry zaatar. Stir with a spoon.

Take a hand full of dough you like and press it down on a pizza tray or you can free handed-ly shape your dough. Spoon a few table spoons of the zaatar and oil mixture on to the dough and spread around to cover the surface. Place in the oven until golden*. Add a pinch of sumac on top of the pizza for added taste.

For a healthier option you can substitute plain flour for wholemeal flour, which is what I did!

*You may find that the zaatar has dried up you can simply add more mixture while its cooking to keep it moist.

Apple Crumble Ice Cream

Hello all!

This week I had a sudden urge to experiment with one of my favourite dessert combinations. Apple crumble and vanilla ice cream. So I went searching on other blogs and food websites to see how others were going about making the combined dessert.

While reading I found that there were quite a few recipes that called for at least 5 egg yokes for the vanilla ice cream. Although I am sure I've had ice creams with egg in it, but I wasn't comfortable using it for my experiment.

I finally came  up with my own combination and method of making the vanilla ice cream. As for the apple crumble I've been making it for a while now so this wasn't a problem for me.

The final product tasted exactly how I expected it too! It was luxuriously smooth and creamy. The pieces of apple and crumble were AMAZING and most importantly the crumble didn't go soggy. It stays crunchy and gets better every time you eat it. The thing that did it for me was the amazing cinnamon taste and smell. Gets me every time!

For those who would like to try my recipe please contact me here or via facebook.

Enjoy!

Food outings!

To make it up to everyone for my absents here are some pictures of my food adventures recently

If there is a dish you would like me to post a recipe for, Holla at me and I'll try it out and post up the recipe!

Dawoud Basha

I know it's been a while since my last post. Sorry! I have been rather flat of late and I haven't been cooking anything worth exhibiting.

A few weeks ago I made an Arabic dish called 'Dawoud Basha'. There are a few ways of making this dish, however when you've got a very active almost 2 year old and studying full time; fast, simple and tasty is what you always go for on a daily basis. I will admit since the last post there have been more days I've bought lunch or dinner than I've actually cooked o_O

Without further ado here is my version of 'Dawoud Basha'

Ingredients:

1kg of koft

1 big onion

3 cloves garlic

2 tablespoons of olive oil

1 big red capsicum (cut into strips)

1 big red capsicum (cut into strips)

1 can of good quality diced tomatoes

2-3 tablespoon of tomato paste

1 tablespoon of powdered beef stock

salt

pepper

water

Method:

1. Roll kofta into medium sized balls and set aside on a plate
2. Finely chop onion and garlic and fry until just golden
3. Add kofta balls and fry until sealed
4. Add both capsicums and fry for a minute
5. Pour in the can of diced tomatoes
6. Add water to barely covering the meat
7. Add tomato paste paste and powdered stock and stir
8. Add salt and pepper to taste
9. Cover and let the soup simmer on low for 20 mins or until kofta is cooked through

Serve with rice and enjoy!

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Until next time my lovelies XOXO