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Lebanese Recipes
You have certainly heard of, and maybe already tasted Tabouleh, Kibbeh, Baba ghannouj, Hummus, Kafta… It's now your turn to cook these dishes on your own!

Lebanese Tabbouleh
Lebanese recipes

Lebanese Tabbouleh1 lb. ½ oz. burghul, 10 oz. finely chopped green onions, 6 oz. finely chopped white onions, 6½ oz. olive oil, 3½ oz. lemon juice, 2½ tbs. salt, 1 tbs. pepper (a mixture of black and sweet pepper), 5 bunches of parsley, 2 bunches of mint, 2 lbs. 6½ oz. tomatoes, Tender grape leaves, lettuce or cabbage.

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Hummus - Chickpeas in sesame oil
Lebanese recipes

Hummus (Chickpeas)1 lb. 1½ oz. Chickpeas (cooked as below), 10 oz. tahini, 7 oz. lemon juice (about the juice of 4 lemons), 1 clove garlic well mashed in part of the salt, 5 tbs. cold water (not quite 2 oz.), chopped parsley & red pepper for decoration.

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Kibbeh
Lebanese recipes

Kibbeh2 lbs. 10 oz. lean meat (lamb or beef) pounded or ground very fine, 1 lb. 5 oz. burghul , 1 lb. 5 oz. mutton fat, 14 oz onions, 4 tsp. salt, 1 lb. butter, 1 tsp. spices (see below).

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Rice with vermicelli
Lebanese recipes

Lebanese rice with vermicelli½ lbs. rice, 6 oz. butter, 10 oz. vermicelli, 1 pt. 12 oz. boiling water, 2 tbs. salt.

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Fattoush, Lebanese Salad
Lebanese recipes

Fattoush, Lebanese Salad½ lb. Flat bread (Arab bread) toasted and broken into small pieces, 2 1/5 lbs. chopped cucumbers or the heart of medium lettuce cut into small pieces, 2 lbs. tomatoes, cut into small pieces, 10 oz. onions finely chopped, 6 oz. olive oil, 8 ½ oz. juice of sour pomegranate or juice of summac, 1 clove of garlic mashed with salt, 2 tbs. salt, 1 bunch of purslane (baqle).

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Baba Ghanoush, Mutabal
Lebanese recipes

Baba Ghanoush (Ghanouj) or Mutabal3 lbs. 4¾ oz. Eggplant, 10 oz. tahini, 7 oz. Lemon juice or sour pomegranate, 1 clove garlic, 3 tsp. salt, Chopped parsley, sour pomegranate seed, and sliced tomatoes for decoration.

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Kafta
Lebanese recipes

Kafta2/5 lbs. meat ground fine (3 oz. of it should be fat and the rest lean; it is preferable to cut the meat from neck or leg), 8 oz. onions, chopped very fine, 2½ tbs. salt, 1 tsp. spices (see below), 2 bunches parsley.

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Yakhnet Batata
Lebanese recipes

4 2/5 lbs potatoes (Irish pota-toes), 1 lb. meat – rump, fillet, leg or shin of lamb (or beef or pork sometimes) cut into pieces about 1 oz. each, 5 oz. onions (to fry the meat), 4 oz. onions, chopped fine, 1½ tbs. chopped garlic, 2½ tbs. salt, 5 oz. tomato salt sauce or juice of 3 lbs ripe tomatoes, 10 oz. butter (to fry potatoes), 3 pts. Boiling water (if tomato sauce is used), ¼ tsp. spices (see below).

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Rose ice cream
Lebanese recipes

Ice cream pail, 42 lbs. ice, 6½ lbs. course salt or granulated salt, 2/5 lbs. sugar, 3 pts. 10 oz. pure water, 7 oz. rose water.

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Tamriye
Lebanese recipes

1/10 lbs. best quality flour for dough, ½ pt water for dough, ½ tsp. salt for dough, 2 oz. oil for dough, 13 oz. oil for frying, 10 oz. semolina for stuffing, 3 pts. 10 oz. milk for stuffing, 9 oz. sugar for stuffing, 1 oz. rose water for stuffing, 8 oz. powdered sugar for sprinkling.

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Art of Lebanese Cooking, Georges RayessThe "Art of Lebanese Cooking" by Georges N. Rayess, is a reference book with 464 recipes that will satisfy beginners and amateurs. Check it now.

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Grâce à une topographie très variée, et notamment à ses 225 km de côte et ses montagnes culminant à 3083 m, le Liban offre un vaste choix d’activités sportives et de plein air, tout au long de l’année.
 

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