Middle Eastern

Middle Eastern savoury mince

With extra-lean beef mince, herbs, tomato, beans and creamy feta cheese, this colourful East-meets-West mince mash-up will add some spice to your life.

Sharon Salloum’s Mukloubi Bi Lahmi (upside-down lamb & rice dish)

Chef Sharon Salloum shares her recipe for Mukloubi. The upside-down lamb dish includes rice, lamb, fried eggplant with crunchy nuts and has a smoky flavour.

Somer Sivrioglu’s lamb lahmacun

Turkish Australian chef Somer Sivrioglu shares his tasty recipe for lahmacun (pronounced \lah-mahjun\), which is a thin-crust pide with a spicy lamb topping.

Moroccan lamb with harissa yoghurt on lemon flatbread

Chew Town's Amanda Michetti inspires our Friday pizza nights with her fast-to-make Moroccan lamb flatbread. Best straight from the oven & eaten with friends.

Middle Eastern style cottage pie

This simple and tasty Middle Eastern-style cottage pie is the perfect way to beef up your mid-week meals.

Moroccan osso bucco

As far as recipe favourites go, osso bucco is a popular one! Why not spice up the traditional comfort food with zesty north African flavours from Morocco.

Middle Eastern lamb meatballs

A flavourful entree at parties or a great snack to have on hand

Roasted beetroot with za’atar, chickpeas & harissa yoghurt

This light coating of Middle Eastern spice adds flavour to earthy roasted beetroot - a satisfying vegetarian dinner for two.

Marrakech lamb with tahini pumpkin gratin

Spice up your Sunday lunch with this Moroccan roast lamb, bursting with North African flavours - coriander, cumin, cinnamon and mint.

Honeyed nut & pomegranate pots

Create a cheat's baklava by soaking shredded wheat in honey. Top with creamy yoghurt, pistachios and citrus.

Orange & feta pearl couscous salad

Pile this Middle Eastern-influenced salad onto platters to serve as part of a party spread.

Spiced lamb pilaf

Be inventive with leftovers thanks to this spiced rice dish that gives the Sunday lamb roast a second life.

Orange blossom & rose pudding

Croissant bread and butter pudding with a Middle Eastern twist

Lamb shawarma platter

A feast full of Middle Eastern flavours, this lamb shawarma makes a great family meal.

Chermoula tomato and fish tagine

Chermoula is a punchy marinade popular in the Middle East and North Africa. It's most often used to flavour fish and seafood dishes. It's the key ingredient in this easy and quick tagine made for sharing.

Slow-cooked Middle-Eastern lamb

This slow-cooked Middle-Eastern lamb dish is great as it requires minimal hands-on time and effort but you get great, flavourful results. The golden fried eggplant is a delicious accompaniment.