Name: Honeyed Meatballs with Pistachios (Dajaj Mudaqqaqah)
Yield: Serves 4 as a side
Cuisine: Syria
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt; 225 g (8 oz) minced lamb; 225 g (8 oz) minced chicken; ½ teaspoon ground cumin; ½ teaspoon ground coriander; ½ teaspoon ground black pepper; Juice of ½ a lemon; ½ teaspoon caraway seeds; 100 g (¾ cup) shelled pistachios; 3 tablespoons honey; pinch of saffron strands; 2 teaspoons rose water; Small handful mint leaves

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Serves
4
as a side

Difficulty
Easy

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The Nutmeg Trail

By Eleanor Ford

Published 2022

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A wonderful cookbook called Scheherazade’s Feasts by the Salloum family translates medieval Arab recipes for the modern kitchen. This Golden Age for the Islamic world was one of opulent splendour brought about by the riches, produce and knowledge that came with trade and conquest. Sweet spices, tart fruits and floral perfumes infused the foods. Though my interest was piqued by sugared lettuce (laced with anise, cinnamon and ginger), and lamb and date kebabs (coriander seed, saffron, mastic

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