The Tunisia Cookbook: Healthy Red Cuisine from Carthage to Kairouan
This comprehensive guide to the great range of Tunisia's traditional dishes is a feast for the senses. But also so much more - a festival of this ancient nation's remarkable heritage.

The culinary traditions we celebrate in Tunisia today are the flowering of a mature culture that has flourished and deepened over centuries. It explores the many levels at which diet contributes to the community.

The Olive tree, which lies at the heart of Mediterranean cooking, is used comprehensively – its roots, trunk, branches, twigs, leaves and fruit are all used for the benefit of healthy living. The wood is turned into craft items and the foliage is often used for medicinal purposes, while the fruit appears as appetizers or in the form of oil for cooking and cosmetics. Without roots and trunks a tree cannot grow leaves and without supportive dietary roots societies, too, can wither in the same way.

Includes dual measures.
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The Tunisia Cookbook: Healthy Red Cuisine from Carthage to Kairouan
This comprehensive guide to the great range of Tunisia's traditional dishes is a feast for the senses. But also so much more - a festival of this ancient nation's remarkable heritage.

The culinary traditions we celebrate in Tunisia today are the flowering of a mature culture that has flourished and deepened over centuries. It explores the many levels at which diet contributes to the community.

The Olive tree, which lies at the heart of Mediterranean cooking, is used comprehensively – its roots, trunk, branches, twigs, leaves and fruit are all used for the benefit of healthy living. The wood is turned into craft items and the foliage is often used for medicinal purposes, while the fruit appears as appetizers or in the form of oil for cooking and cosmetics. Without roots and trunks a tree cannot grow leaves and without supportive dietary roots societies, too, can wither in the same way.

Includes dual measures.
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The Tunisia Cookbook: Healthy Red Cuisine from Carthage to Kairouan

The Tunisia Cookbook: Healthy Red Cuisine from Carthage to Kairouan

The Tunisia Cookbook: Healthy Red Cuisine from Carthage to Kairouan

The Tunisia Cookbook: Healthy Red Cuisine from Carthage to Kairouan

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This comprehensive guide to the great range of Tunisia's traditional dishes is a feast for the senses. But also so much more - a festival of this ancient nation's remarkable heritage.

The culinary traditions we celebrate in Tunisia today are the flowering of a mature culture that has flourished and deepened over centuries. It explores the many levels at which diet contributes to the community.

The Olive tree, which lies at the heart of Mediterranean cooking, is used comprehensively – its roots, trunk, branches, twigs, leaves and fruit are all used for the benefit of healthy living. The wood is turned into craft items and the foliage is often used for medicinal purposes, while the fruit appears as appetizers or in the form of oil for cooking and cosmetics. Without roots and trunks a tree cannot grow leaves and without supportive dietary roots societies, too, can wither in the same way.

Includes dual measures.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781914325083
Publisher: Nomad Publishing
Publication date: 03/01/2023
Pages: 196
Product dimensions: 8.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Hafida Ben Rejeb Latta was born in Kairouan in 1944 and was brought up in the house of her grandfather, the late writer and poet Salah Souissi el Quayrawani. After graduating from L’Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Tunis she worked as secretary to the then Minister of Culture and Information si Chedli Klibi and taught Arabic to Peace Corps volunteers. She went on to marry a British diplomat and left Tunisia to live and teach in Pakistan, Lebanon, Jordan, the UAE and many other countries from her English base.

Dr. Simon Poole MBBS DRCOG is a Cambridge-based medical doctor, author, broadcaster and commentator. He is an internationally renowned authority on nutrition and the science and application of the Mediterranean Diet and lifestyle, explaining and celebrating the combination of wonderful ingredients in this beautiful cuisine which can add years to life. He is an expert scientific consultant on extra virgin olive oil.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Introduction 7
The Cordoba Calendar 9
Chronology 11
Foreword 15
A Note on Ingredients 28
The A to Z of Tunisian Spices 29
Healthy Cuisine 30
Dishes for Special Occasions 33
Shorbat Frik 36,
Kairouan Makroudh 39,
Mrayish 41,
The Bey’s Baklava 42,
Zlebia 44
Couscous 47
Fish couscous 50,
Chicken couscous 52,
Lamb couscous 53
Briks & Savoury Pastries 55
Egg briks 59,
Chicken briks 60,
Vegetable cake 61
Tajins & Maaquoudas 63
Chicken Tajin 66,
Tajin with Malsouqa 68,
Potato Maaquouda 70,
Cauliflower Maaquouda 71
Soups 73
Whole chicken and vegetable soup 76,
Fish soup from the Tunisian Sahel 79,
Fish Broudou 80,
Barkoukech 81,
Borghol 82,
White dried bean soup 83,
Lablabi 84,
Sfax Hlelem 87
Pasta Dishes 89
Spaghetti with Lamb 92,
Macaroni in the oven 93,
Sousse Beef and Tomato Macaroni 95
Salads 97
Slata Mechouia 100,
Slata Tunisia 102,
Slatit Blankit 105,
Omok Houria 107,
Radish Salad 108,
Anchovy salad 109,
Fricass e 111,
Slatat Fondouq El Ghalla 113,
La Goulette octopus salad 114
Fish Dishes 117
Poisson Complet 121,
La Goulette fish cakes 122,
Le Kram Fish Stew 123,
Stuffed Squid 124,
Octopus with Garlic 125
Meat Dishes 127
Kairouan stiffed chicken 130,
Tunis Walnut Chicken 132,
Kairouan Chicken with Almonds Sauce 133,
Rice in the Oven with Chicken 134,
Marinated lamb cutlets 135,
Leg of Lamb with Artichokes 136,
Kifta Bil Salsa 138,
Kairouan Winter Dish, Lamb with Spinach 140,
Stuffed Beef Sirloin 142,
Tahfifa 143
Vegetables Dishes 145
Kafteji 147,
Stuffed Artichoke 148,
Nabeul Aubergine 149,
Standard Chakchouka 151,
Stuffed tomatoes 152,
Beja Chakchouka 153,
Potatoes with Onion and Herbs 154,
Kairouan Potato Kifta 155,
Kairouan Koucha 157
Sweets, Puddings & Drinks 159
Rfisa 163,
Pistachio Custard 164,
Tunis Almond Cake 164,
Apple Doughnuts 165,
Qutayef 166,
Sousse Fresh Melon 167,
Samsar 169,
Laklouka from Sfax 170,
Mhalbiya 171,
Ghraiba 173,
Zriga 173,
Mint tea with pine nuts 175,
Lemonade 176,
Rosata 177
Pickles & Breads 178
Hot pepper 180,
Eggplant 180,
Turnips 181,
Breads 182,
Kairouan bread 185,
Mabsout 187
Glossary 188
Further Reading 189
Index 190
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