Saghar Setareh
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Recipes
A light lentil soup
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A milky bread
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A pilaf with green beans and tomato
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A simple artichoke soup
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A simple cake with date frosting, inspired by the South
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A simple Iranian salad, for summer and winter
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A simple porridge with rosewater
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A simple salad of grilled courgette, garlic, mint and (a lot of) olive oil
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A sweet saffron omelette
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A Tuscan bread salad
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An easy Italian ring cake
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An imitation of traditional Iranian ice cream
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An ode to Pasta al pomodoro: Bucatini 'marinated' in tomatoes
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An orange-scented rice cake
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Artichoke and potato salad
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Baklava beyond borders
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Balls of herbs and flatbread
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Batter-fried pears and pecorino
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Chargrilled aubergines with egg and tomatoes
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Chestnut flour pancakes with ricotta and honey
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Chicken braised with pomegranate
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Circassian chicken with walnuts
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COFFEE, MERENDA AND OTHER INDULGENCES
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Courgette patties with feta and dill
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Creamy aubergine and tahini dip
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Crostino with lardo, figs and honey
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Date and onion frittata
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Deep-fried artichoke wedges
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Easy, versatile farro salads for all seasons
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Filo triangles stuffed with feta
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Fried polenta bites with porcini mushrooms
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Golden onion
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Guinea hen with pomegranate
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I. IRAN
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II. IN BETWEEN
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III. ITALY
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IL PRANZO DELLA DOMENICA AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS
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Iranian jewelled rice
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Iranian raisin cookies
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Iranian rice
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Labneh with (rose petal) jam
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Lamb kebabs with tomato sauce and yoghurt
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Little 'chestnuts' that are actually almond cookies
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Many Iranian ways with yoghurt
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Meatballs with sour cherries from Aleppo
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Midnight spaghetti with garlic, chilli and olive oil
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Milky, silky tricolour pudding
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Mutton braise with courgette
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My grandmother's bicoloured tea
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My three favourite aperitivo cocktails
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NASHTA, FOOD TO BEGIN THE DAY WITH
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Nibbles and small bites next to those cocktails
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Oniony, garlicky braised bell peppers
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Oranges and anchovies
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Pasta and chickpea soup
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Pears poached in wine with mascarpone cream
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Plain gelato drizzled with olive oil and flaky salt
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Pork roast with pears and chestnuts
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RECIPES FROM THE LEVANT AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
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Ricotta and wild cherry pie
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Rustic savoury pies, two ways
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Saffron and lemon toasted almonds and pistachios
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Saffron infusion
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Saffron rice pudding with almonds
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Saffron roast chicken stuffed with dried fruit
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Sample menus
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Savoury stuffed apples
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Scarlet spread of bell pepper, pomegranate molasses and walnuts
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Shakes and 'potions'
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Sharbat, many refreshing drinks for hot days
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Simple egg soup with yoghurt
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Sour cherry pilaf
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Sour Cherry Pilaf
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While most children feast on candies and other sweets as snacks, in Iran, what drives kids crazy with an almost manic delight is the sourest treat you can find. Think very tart fruit leathers made mostly of plums, but also barberries, pomegranates or tamarind. Or dried and salted sour cherries, crisp and sour greengage plums in spring (sometimes sprinkled with salt), qareh qurut or black kashk, a by-product of yoghurt (usually a hard paste with the most exquisitely sour flavour you can imagine). At the very north of Tehran, where the capital merges into the foothills of Mount Damavand, there are country-style restaurants and many snack stalls selling all these treats and more, some going the extra mile in feeding this hysterical appreciation for sourness by actually adding acid citric and food colourings, giving a slightly psychedelic look to the bright fuchsia mounds of prunes and many assorted folded fruit leathers. In Iran we’re trained to love sourness, and a sour condiment is almo
Stuffed artichokes, Sicilian style
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Syrupy baked quince, spicy and drunken
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Taralli with chilli flakes or fennel seeds
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The beloved aubergine bake
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The majestic rice timbale from Naples
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THE MARKET AND THE PANTRY: A FEW SIMPLE DISHES
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The Palestinian upside-down triumph of rice
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The typical Iranian breakfast platter
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The unthinkable Iranian 'makaroni'
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Tiramisu, two ways
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Tomatoes stuffed with rice
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Trout stuffed with herbs, barberries and walnuts
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Turkish aubergine in tomato sauce
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Two bread salads from the Levant
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Two types of tiny cookies
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Two ways with stuffed bell peppers
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Upside-down saffron rice cake, two ways
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