Casablanca: My Moroccan Food
Mitchell Beazley, 2018
Publisher Description
Casablanca is the exciting debut from Moroccan chef Nargisse Benkabbou. Nargisse breathes new life into Moroccan cuisine, blending that authentic Moroccan spirit and the contemporary to create accessible recipes for the everyday.
Nargisse Benkabbou grew up in a food-oriented family that nurtured her connection with her roots and country of origin, Morocco On her popular blog, MyMoroccanFood.com, she shares her family’s recipes and her innovative cross-cultural creations. Casablanca features 100 recipes for simple and satisfying Moroccan meals for family and entertaining Benkabbou describes the essential elements in Moroccan cuisine and how to make them—Ras el Hanout spice mix, preserved lemons, harissa paste, scented waters, couscous, chermoula and Moroccan tea.
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Recipes
Essentials
- Ras El Hanout
- Preserved Lemons
- Harissa Three Ways
- Basic Harissa
- Fragrant Harissa
- Rose Harissa
Starters to Share
- Roasted Red Pepper & Preserved Lemon Salad with Butter Beans
- Serrouda Chickpea Dip
- Carrot & Cucumber Ribbons with Orange, Thyme & Black Olives
- Sweet Potato & Feta Maakouda
- Charred Aubergine & Chickpea Salad
- Smoky Zaalouk
- Madame Wouezna’s Carrot & Green Olive Salad
- Harissa & Maple Syrup Roasted Baby Carrots with Pistachios
- Grandma’s Broad Bean & Courgette Salad
- Zitoun Mchermel Souk Olives
- Cumin Seed, Courgette & Egg Salad
Vegetarian Dishes
- Bahgrir with Crème Fraîche & Chestnut Mushrooms
- Feta & Red Pepper Kalinte
- Moroccan Eggs Florentine with Harissa Hollandoise
- Root Vegetable & Prune Tagine
- Berber Breakfast Eggs
- Butternut Squash, Aubergine & Red Onion Tagine
- Chlada Mechouia Bruschetta
- Aniseed & Saffron Couscous Soup
- Orange Blossom, Beetroot & Goats’ Cheese Galette
- Artichoke, Baby Potato & Preserved Lemon Tagine
- Cheese & Sweet Chermoula Aubergines
- Bakoula-Stuffed Romano Peppers with Yogurt & Hazlenuts
Meat
- Casablanca Couscous
- Courgette, Thyme & Beef Shin Tagine
- Meat Tagine Mhammer with Baby Potatoes
- Mama’s Harira
- My Grandfather’s Mechoui with Yogurt & Mint Sauce
- Mama’s Khlii
- Sweet Chermoula Seared Beef
- Kebab Maghdor
- Mrouzia Lamb Shanks
- Orange Zest & Turmeric Lamb Chops
- Merguez Burger with Preserved Lemon Guacamole
- Stick Ras El Hanout & Peach Beef Short Ribs
- Kefta & Olive Toast
- Kefta & Lentil Shakshuka
- Berber Meat Turnovers with Goats’ Cheese & Harissa Sauce
Poultry
- Couscous Tfaya Fes Couscous
- Chicken Kamama Shallot & Tomato Chicken Tagine
- Chorba Beida White Chicken Soup
- Chicken, Carrot & Charred Lemon Tagine
- Chicken Brania Broken Aubergine & Chickpea Chicken Tagine
- Chicken Mchermel Preserved Lemon, Olive & Chicken Tagine
- Chicken Kdra with Apricots
- Spicy Chicken Livers
- Buttermilk Chicken Kebabs
- Duck & Cannellini Bean Casserole with Caraway & Dried Figs
- Harissa & Lemon Chicken Tray Bake with Sweet Potatoes & Cauliflower
- Rainbow Couscous Stuffed Poussins
- My Chicken Bastila
- Quick Chicken Tagine Hand Pies
Seafood
- Fragrant Seafood & Tomato Tagine
- Classic Oven-Baked Fish Tagine
- Chermoula
- Lemon, Honey, Rose & Swiss Chard Stuffed Bream
- Essaouira Couscous
- Tangier Bastila Cigars with Labneh & Turmeric Sauce
- Merguez-Stuffed Squid in Tomato Sauce
- Monkfish Tagine with Apricots, Dates & Fennel
- Chermoula Crumbed Cod
- Plaice en Papillote with Honey, Glazed Grapefruit, Leeks & Capers
- My Father’s Tumeric Seafood Soup
- Ras El Hanout, Crab & Roasted Cauliflower Soup
- Red Chermoula Prawn & Scallop Skewers
Breads
- Wholemeal Mahrash Bread
- Khobz Everyday Bread
- Mkhamer Skillet Bread
- Seeded Harcha
- Almond Msemen
- Mlaoui
- Khlii Scones
- Ghee, Black Olive & Thyme Bread Rolls
- Cumin & Buttermilk Cornbread
- Amlou Rolls
- Amlou
- Chocolate Chip Krachel
Sweets
- Sellou Moroccan Edible Cookie Dough
- Funfetti Gazelle Horns
- Pistachio, Orange & Olive Oil Flourless Loaf Cake
- Roasted Almond & Honey Cigars
- Ktefa Milk Bastila
- Rose & Almond Ghriba
- Ras El Hanout Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Jabane Nougat
- Chebakia Sugar Cookies
- Roasted Grape & Pistachio Saykouk Buttermilk & Couscous Porridge
- Morccan Mint Tea
- Moroccan Mint Tea Chocolate Pots
