Levant

Recipes by the places recorded in their sources.

Levant

2 recipes

Photograph of Tahini sauce.

Tahini sauce

A Levantine sesame sauce of tahini thinned with water and brightened with lemon and garlic, the base of tarator served with falafel and shawarma, with Egyptian and Iraqi variants.

Levant
· Condiments
Illustrative Sfiha from the published Palestinian-family-recipe adaptation: open round yeast bread with an even baked beef, tomato, onion and pepper topping.

Sfiha

A yeast-raised 8-inch flatbread topped with an evenly spread onion, tomato, pepper and spiced ground-beef mixture. This version follows a Palestinian family recipe shared with Amira Ibrahim and adapted for home baking.

Levant · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches