Recipes from Ingredient: Nutmeg
Chicken Fricassée
Fricassée is a traditional French stew made of meat or chicken pieces browned then cooked in a creamy sauce. Mushrooms are usually included but you can add another vegetable. Serve it with a nice mashed potato or macaroni or anything that can be a base to enjoy the delicious creamy ...
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Broccoli and Blue Cheese Soup
This British soup is creamy, rich, delectable and easy to make. In UK it’s usually made with Stilton, a British creamy blue cheese but if not available you can make it with any other blue cheese! I also tried it with camembert and Brie cheeses and it was as good.
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Lebanese Flat bread stuffed with minced lamb and grilled – Arayess Kafta
The original recipe contains ground lamb but beef or other meats can be also used. I would advise to use some fatty cuts for the mince as it will help keeping the bread from completely drying when grilling and will impart more umami. It’s easy to prepare and quick to ...
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Spinach, Cheese & Puff Pastry Tart
It’s a classic combination of fresh or frozen spinach, white cheese (Feta, Akkawi, Nabulsi…) and hard cheese such as gruyère or cheddar. I used the Akkawi and the cheddar cheese. It’s easy to make with ready made puff pastry and it’s ideal for brunch, lunch or light dinner. The best ...
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Stuffed Courgettes, Aubergines and Peppers
There are a variety of vegetables that can be stuffed with either minced meat or a mix of rice and minced meat; also with rice and herbs in the vegan/vegetarian version. In Lebanon the vegetables used are courgettes, aubergines, sweet peppers, cabbage leaves, vine leaves, Swiss chard leaves, tomatoes and ...
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Zucchini and Bell Pepper Frittata (Italian egg-based dish)
Frittata is an Italian sort of unfolded omelette done with beaten eggs fried with vegetables or cheeses or meats or any other combination of ingredients. Frittata is cooked in an oven-safe skillet because, unlike the omelette, it starts on the stove top but finishes to cook in the oven. it ...
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Moussaka (Eggplant and minced meat casserole)
Moussaka is a traditional Greek recipe, quite tasty and rich. It needs 3 stages: fry eggplant, simmer meat & tomato and finally cook the béchamel sauce. In this recipe I use only eggplants but you can also add fried slices of potatoes and alternate with the fried slices of eggplants. ...
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Jerk chicken
This Jamaïcain recipe has become quite famous in the U.K.. Like most Caribbean dishes, it can be fiery hot! But you can adjust the chili to your taste and enjoy this very tasty grilled chicken. The most important preparation in this recipe is the marinade. And the longer you marinate ...
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