an amazing mezze dinner in the tea house

5-01--07-2023

   

DINNER --- (tea house mezze dinner for O. & F )

muhammara (roasted pepper dip)

baba ganoush (eggplant dip)

zucchini fritters

gigantes and runner (beans & beans)

sweet potato basturma 

shirazi salad

pickles (cauliflower, onion, carrots)

labne (yogurt)

olives

guacamole

zhug (yemeni hot sauce)

pita

 

wine braised vegetables (fennel, leek, shallot, carrots, mushroom, tomato)

collard greens

eggplant rolls with curried cauliflower rice and mushroom walnut miso pâté

tahdig (crispy Persian saffron rice)

muhallebi (almond lychee jelly with raspberry syrup)

qataif (cheese filled pancakes, with pistachio/walnuts)

 

 

 

 

 

 

• a perfect day for a family and  friends gathering in the tea house,  a mezze dinner made  by dd, sixteen dishes  + two desserts all from scratch. 
  

 

mishmash of Jerusalem's food

2-07-2014 Fri. chilly,sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with chive flower and smoked tofu
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- ( at Marilu's) butternut squash with tahini and pine nuts, crackers | turkey zucchini meat balls with sour cream and sumac sauce | burnt eggplant with garlic, lemon, and pomegranate seeds | pita | salmon with chraimeh sauce | wild and Basmati rice and chickpeas | filo pastry with almonds, pistachios and honey | candied fruit | wine 

 

• a menu from Ottolenghi & Tamimi  Jerusalem, a cookbook

lamb kabob with saffron rice

3-25-2013 Mon. chilly, snow to rain.



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- pizza 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- broiled lamb kabob with spices | yu-xiang eggplant | sauteed bitter melon | saffron rice | wine 

• cut of lamb leg, marinated for two days. 
• belated snow in spring 

baked eggplant boats

7-22-2012 Sun. warm, cloudy



 WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread | scallion pancake | watermelon 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- green tea 
 DINNER --- sauteed mustard greens with green and red chili | baked eggplant with ground lamb and tomato |avocado and cherry tomato salad | basmati  rice | beer 

 

• a middle eastern dish:  Shakle-Meshi , eggplant made into a boat to hold lamb and it juice, topped with tomato.

a Culinary visit to the Middle East

7-18-2010 Sun. hot, cloudy to thunder storm.


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- middle eastern yogurt | water melon | scallion pancake | cherries
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | green risen
DINNER --- Lebanese green olive and egg salad | Afghan baked rice with braised lamb shank (Qabili Pilau) | Armenian sheep cheese | fennel and lettuce salad | pale ale beer

olive and egg salad of the Bekaa Valley


Qabili Pilau

• slow food, whole food, learning the essential elements of middle eastern cuisine.