Whenever I start to feel a slight winter chill it’s time to dig out my heavy blankets and soup recipes like this Moroccan butternut squash soup. But it has only been in the last year that I have been able to get the rest of my family to enjoy soup. You must understand how difficult …
Moroccan Food
Having grown up in the United States, Thanksgiving is a holiday that is always on my radar. But, since we’ve moved to Morocco throwing a Moroccan Thanksgiving has become more of the norm. Not that there is anything wrong with the usual American recipes but I’ve had a lot of fun creating and adapting recipes …
One of the special Moroccan desserts you can be served is mhncha. It’s essentially a giant pastry cookie. The outside is made with warka pastry – a thicker version of phyllo. The interior is stuffed full of an almond paste similar to marzipan. It’s coiled up and baked, then drizzled with honey. You’ll find this …
There are two Moroccan meals that I learned first. This is one of them. I now can make any number of Moroccan tajines and other dishes, chicken with potatoes and preserved lemons brings back really nice memories. We ate so much of this dish when I first visited Morocco and when MarocBaba first moved to …
This recipe is a twist on the slightly more well known beef and prune tajine. It’s pretty much the same recipe, but switching out the prunes for apricots – you could really use any dried fruit in the recipe like dates, or even cherries (that’s a combination I have to try!) Another popular combination is …
Moroccan tajines are typically used for cooking tajine recipes. (Confused yet? Both the name of the pot and the food cooked inside is called by the same name!) These clay pots come in a variety of sizes, so it is important to know what size Moroccan tajine you want before buying one! I have been …