[Sca-cooks] Middle-Eastern 'Nibbles'?
K C Francis
katiracook at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 17 13:49:28 PDT 2005
His version is quite dry but very tasty. Mine is more soft and I have been
told "you got it right". Dry is great if you want to store them. I want to
enjoy them now. Simply use fresh bread crumbs and the moist dates from the
local grocery store and I think butter is far better than the sesame oil
having tried both. I roll the cabobs (size/shape of a date) in superfine
sugar. This recipe was my first attempt in a cooking competition. It was
for snack foods and was judged along with the brewing competition. I took
the Silver Spoon. This would make a great addition to a 'nibbles' tray,
garnished with whole almonds and pistachios.
Katira al-Maghrebiyya
>From: Pat <mordonna22 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Middle-Eastern 'Nibbles'?
>Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:16:39 -0700 (PDT)
>
> >From Duke Cariadoc's Miscellany:
>Hais
>al-Baghdadi p. 214/14 (GOOD)
>Take fine dry bread, or biscuit, and grind up well. Take a ratl of this,
>and three quarters of a ratl of fresh or preserved dates with the stones
>removed, together with three uqiya of ground almonds and pistachios. Knead
>all together very well with the hands. Refine two uqiya of sesame-oil, and
>pour over, working with the hand until it is mixed in. Make into cabobs,
>and dust with fine-ground sugar. If desired, instead of sesame-oil use
>butter. This is excellent for travellers.
>2 2/3 c bread crumbs
>2 c (about one lb) pitted dates
>1/3 c ground almonds
>1/3 c ground pistachios
>7 T melted butter or sesame oil
>enough sugar
>We usually mix dates, bread crumbs, and nuts in a food processor or
>blender. For "cabobs," roll into one inch balls. Good as caravan food (or
>for taking to wars). They last forever if you do not eat them, but you do
>so they don't.
>
>CLdyroz at aol.com wrote:
>
>
>Now here's the second question-what would a Middle Eastern Savoury/nibble
>be
>like? Cheese? Spiced roasted almonds?
>
>thank you!!!!!
>
>Helen
>
>Lady Anne du Bosc
>known as Mordonna the Cook
>Shire of Thorngill, Meridies
>Mundanely, Pat Griffin of Millbrook, AL
>
>
>
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