Zahav · A World of Israeli Cooking by Solomonov, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Intro: An Improbable Journey Tehina: The Secret Sauce

Basic Tehina Sauce Hummus Hummus Tehina Hummus with Fresh Beans and Lamb Hummus Pitryot Hummus Foul Hummus Masabacha Turkish Hummus Jerusalem Hummus Black Bass with Walnut Tarator Walnut Tarator Fish Fumet Chicken Schnitzel with Passion Fruit and Amba Tehina Crudités with Green Tehina Seared Chicken Livers with Caramelized Onion Tehina Sweetbreads Wrapped in Chicken Skin with Black Garlic Tehina Green Beans and Mushrooms with Tehina, Lentils, and Garlic Chips Fried Potatoes with Harissa Tehina Fried Eggplant with Tehina and Pomegranate Seeds Tehina Shortbread Cookies Halva Halva Mousse Huckleberry Compote Chickpea Brittle Tehina Semifreddo

Salatim: Vegetables Are Everything

Israeli Pickles Israeli Salad Traditional Israeli Salad Mango, Cucumber, and Sumac-Onion Israeli Salad Israeli Salad Martini Israeli Salad Water Pickled Persimmons Traditional Tabbouleh Kale, Apple, Walnut, and Sumac-Onion Tabbouleh Simple Sumac Onions Quinoa, Pea, and Mint Tabbouleh Moroccan Carrots Bamya (Roasted Okra) Beets with Tehina Twice-Cooked Eggplant Charred Eggplant Salad Red Pepper Salad Potato Salad with Pickled Peppers Spicy Fennel Salad Roasted Zucchini with Anchovies, Feta, and Hazelnuts

Mezze: Hospitality Incarnate

Watermelon and Feta Salad Stuffed Grape Leaves with Barley, Kale, and Pomegranate Fried Cauliflower with Herbed Labneh Crispy Haloumi Cheese with Dates, Walnuts, and Apples Baked Kashkaval with Sweet Tomato Relish and Egg Yolks Fried Potatoes and Okra with Kashkaval-Anchovy Dressing A Spicy Chat with Lior Smoked Sable Egg-in-the-Hole Latke with Gravlax Fluke Crudo with Olives, Grapefruit, and Fennel Baked Mozzarella “Kibbe” with Freekah and Green Peas Savory Konafi with Apple-Olive Salad Chicken Pastilla with Cinnamon and Almonds Crispy Sweetbreads with Chickpeas, Green Chiles, and Lemon Lamb Basturma Mina with Ground Beef, Cardamom, and Coffee Crispy Lamb’s Tongue with Grapes and Sugar Snap Peas Chopped Liver with Gribenes Fried Kibbe Kibbe Naya with Apples and Walnuts

Beyond Chicken Soup: The World in a Bowl

Yemenite Chicken Soup My Chicken Stock Yemenite Influence Yemenite Beef Soup Lachuch Matzo Ball Soup with Black Garlic Chicken Soup with Ghondi Kubbe Soup with Veal, Corn, and Zucchini Pink Lentil Soup with Lamb Kofte Fish Kofte in Broth Chraime Beluga Lentil Soup with Marrow Bones Pumpkin Broth with Fideos Celery Root Soup with Apples and Hawaij

Grandmother’s Borekas: Tradition Was My Teacher

Borekas Boreka Dough Mushroom Borekas Potato and Kale Borekas Feta Borekas Challah Laffa and Pita in the Home Oven Salt Cod “Tarama” Tarator (Cucumber-Yogurt Soup) Pastel Seasoned Ground Beef Stuffed Peppers Tomatoes Stuffed with Dirty Rice Moussaka Basic Tomato Sauce Chicken Albondigas Agristada (Egg-Lemon Sauce) Fried Kashkaval Cheese Fritas de Prasa (Fried Leek Patties) Fried Artichokes Marzipan

Live Fire: As Close to Magic as I’ll Come

Bulgarian Kebabs Romanian Kebabs Lamb Shishlik with Pistachio Tehina Pargiyot Three Ways Grilled Foie Gras Duck and Foie Gras Kebabs Chicken Livers with Baharat Duck Hearts with Cauliflower-Tehina Puree Lemonnana Lemon Verbena Syrup Pomegranate-Glazed Salmon Grilled Branzino Fillets with Chickpea Stew Grilled Whole Eggplant Grilled Japanese Eggplant Brussels Sprouts with Feta Grilled Mushrooms

Ben-Gurion’s Rice: Rice Is Easy, Perfection Is Hard

Persian Rice Persian Rice with Black-Eyed Peas and Dill Persian Wedding Rice Freekah with Chicken and Almonds Israeli Couscous Rice Pilaf Pilaf with Carrots Pilaf with Kale Pilaf Coquelicot (Poppy Seed Pilaf) Mujadara Fideos Kugel

Mesibah: It’s Party Time

Shakshouka The Zahav Lamb Shoulder Whole Roast Chicken with Laffa and Tehina Whole Fish in Grape Leaves My Mom’s Coffee-Braised Brisket Yemenite Braised Short Ribs Salt-Baked Leg of Lamb

Milk & Honey: A Glimpse of the Divine

Rugelach with Date Filling Rugelach with Peanut Butter and Marshmallow Fluff Filling Rugelach with Apricot Jam and Pistachio Filling Ma’amoul Tartlets Cashew Baklava Cigars Classic Konafi New-School Konafi with Chocolate Filling Mom’s Honey Cake with Apple Confit Carrot Basboosa with Hazelnut Crumble Chocolate-Almond Situation Poppy Seed Cake with Blueberries and Labneh White Chocolate Cake with Rhubarb, Labneh, and Sorbet Chocolate Babka Sachlab Drink Malabi Custard with Mango Cardamom-Vanilla Custard with Squash Confit and Huckleberries Turkish Coffee Ice Cream

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