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RecipeTin Eats' beef koftas with Persian jewelled rice.

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80+ mix and match recipes for a modern Middle Eastern feast

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Beef, chickpea and cashew fatteh.
EASY

Adam Liaw's beef, chickpea and cashew fatteh

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Swipe some flatbread through this preserved lemon hummus with crispy spicy chickpeas.
EASY

Preserved lemon hummus with cumin and sumac roasted chickpeas

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Karen Martini gives the eggplant dip a dramatic makeover.
EASY

Karen Martini's baba ganoush with black tahini and toasted pine nuts

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
A side of salmon with tahini cream.

Salmon tarator

  • Jill Dupleix
Beef koftas perched on Persian-style rice.

RecipeTin Eats' beef koftas with Persian jewelled rice

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats
Thick cauliflower steaks slathered with a spicy harissa paste and roasted until caramelised.
EASY

Harissa and honey cauliflower steaks with green hummus

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
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Arabic chopped salad.
EASY

Arabic chopped salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Winner winner chicken pitas.

Sumac roast chicken with onions and flatbread

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
The key to boosting the flavour of these chicken skewers is to marinate the meat overnight.

Sticky pomegranate and cumin chicken skewers with date and pistachio salsa

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Barbecued rib-eye marinated with baharat.

Barbecued rib-eye marinated with baharat

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Green lamb shoulder shawarma and pea pie.

Lamb shoulder shawarma and pea pie with sumac butter filo pastry

  • 2 hrs +
  • Katrina Meynink
Roast lamb shoulder shawarma.

Roast lamb shoulder shawarma​

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
This spicy chicken is worth the Kuwait.

Chicken tray bake with fenugreek, sumac and onions

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Dan Lepard's Lebanese-style baked potatoes.

Lebanese-style baked potatoes

  • Dan Lepard
Comfort in a bowl: use the crispy pita to scoop the creamy chickpea stew.
EASY

Eggplant and chickpea fetteh

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
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Warm salad of roast cauliflower, labne, olives and almonds.
EASY

Warm salad of roast cauliflower, labna, olives and almonds

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Baked eggplant layered with haloumi and muhammara.

Roast eggplant with muhammara and haloumi

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Dan Lepard
Danielle Alvarez gives stuffed mushrooms a modern, Middle Eastern makeover.

Falafel-stuffed mushrooms with tahini sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Jill Dupleix's tahini and date brownies.
EASY

Tahini and date chocolate brownies

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Jill Dupleix
Grape and almond basbousa.
EASY

Adam Liaw's grape and almond basbousa

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Neil Perry's lamb kofta with muhammara

Lamb kofta with muhammara

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Freekeh tabbouleh.

Freekeh tabbouleh

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Zaatar spiced cous cous, nuts and green bean salad with date dressing.

Zaatar spiced cous cous, nuts and green bean salad with feta and date dressing

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Festive beetroot and burghul tabbouleh.
EASY

Beetroot and herb tabbouleh

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
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Neil Perry's broad bean falafels with mint labna.

Broad bean falafels with mint labna recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Braised chicken with ras el hanout and dates looks impressive but is simple to prepare.

Braised chicken with ras-el-hanout and dates

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Karen Martini's salad of freekah with pickled red onion, fresh cherries toasted walnuts and mint.
EASY

Salad of freekeh with pickled red onion, cherries, toasted walnuts and mint

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Neil Perry's easy pistachio ice cream (no ice-cream maker required!).

Simple pistachio and rosewater ice-cream

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Strained yoghurt (labna), zaatar and aleppo pepper add a Middle Eastern twist to vegetarian lasagne.

Spiced sweet potato, labna and zaatar lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
This Middle Eastern-style lamb "pizza" is a twist on a lahmacun.

Lamb and sumac 'pizza' with tahini sauce and charred onions

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Katrina Meynink
Lamb and harissa pizza.

Spicy Middle Eastern lamb pizza recipe with yoghurt

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Bastourma, labna and nectarine salad with dukkah and caramelised lemon

Bastourma, labna and nectarine salad with dukkah and caramelised lemon

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Grilled eggplant with tahini and yoghurt dressing, pomegranate, chilli and mint.
EASY

Grilled eggplant with tahini and yoghurt dressing

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Great balls of fire: These kofta can be made with fish or meat.

Fish kofta with salad and tarator sauce

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Barbecued asparagus with nutty tarator.
EASY

Barbecued asparagus with tarator recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Fresh labna rolled in my zataar.

Fresh labna rolled in my zaatar with radish and chilli

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini

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