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Tea

Tea

Sweet green tea

Algerian pizza

Algerian pizza

Thin dough made with flour and semolina, traditionally topped with tomato sauce, thyme and olives

Bouillabaisse

Bouillabaisse

Fish or seafood stew, serve with bread or potatoes

Bouktouf

Bouktouf

Vegetable soup with cilantro and lime, blended until smooth

Brik

Brik

Savory pastry or pie filled with egg, onion, mashed potatoes, tuna, harissa, parsley, many different types

Brochette

Brochette

Skewered and grilled meat, chicken, pork, goat, beef, fish, scallops, prawns, venison, vegetables

Chawarma

Chawarma

Spit-cooked meat such as lamb, beef, chicken, veal, layered in flatbread with tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, garlic sauce, tahini, pickled vegetables

Chorba

Chorba

Soup with vegetables and meat

Chorba beida

Chorba beida

Chicken and chickpea soup

Chorba frik

Chorba frik

Mutton or lamb and vegetable stew with cracked wheat (frik, freekeh)

Consommé

Consommé

Clear broth or stock served hot as a soup or cold as gelatin

Couscous

Couscous

Small balls made of semolina, commonly served with stewed meats, vegetables

Crepe

Crepe

Thin pancake, topped or filled with a variety of fillings, sweet or savory

Croissant salé

Croissant salé

Savory croissant, a croissant filled with ham, chicken, tuna, cheese, pesto

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Dajaj mashwi

Dajaj mashwi

Grilled chicken

Djaj mahshi

Djaj mahshi

Whole chicken stuffed with a rice, vegetable and spice filling

Dolma

Dolma

Grape/bine leaves stuffed with a spiced rice mixture

Douara

Douara

Spicy mutton tripe and offal stew

Doubara

Doubara

Spicy chickpea soup

Duck à l'orange

Duck à l'orange

Duck with bitter orange sauce

Eggah

Eggah

An omelette or frittata made with vegetables, meat, tomatoes, potatoes, spices, herbs, chili peppers

Escargot

Escargot

Escargots à la bourguignonne (escargots de Bourgogne), snails with parsley butter

Fasolada

Fasolada

Bean, a soup of white beans, vegetables, olive oil

Fatayer

Fatayer

Savory pies made with meat (fatayer lahme), cheese (fatayer jibna), spinach (fatayer sabanekh), leban, za'atar spices (fatayer zaatar)

Fatira

Fatira

Wheat flour flatbread, serve filled with scrambled eggs, savory meat filling, vegetables, honey

Felfel mehchi

Felfel mehchi

Stuffed bell peppers, filled with a spiced ground meat and vegetable mixture

Freekeh

Freekeh

Roasted green durum wheat, commonly used in soups and stews, though used in many other dishes as well

Gibier

Gibier

Gnawiya

Gnawiya

Stewed okra with beef, chicken, lamb, veal

Harira

Harira

Soup made with, for example, beef, chicken, lamb, tomatoes, beans, lentils, rice, vegetables

Kamounia

Kamounia

Beef and liver stew

Kefta

Kefta

Meatballs, made from lamb, beef

Kersha

Kersha

Kofta

Kofta

Seasoned meatballs

Lham hlou

Lham hlou

A sweet tajine (stew) of lamb, mutton or beef, dried fruit such as prunes, raisins and prunes, sugar, cinammon, orange blossom water

Lham mhamer

Lham mhamer

Roasted lamb or beef

Loubia

Loubia

White bean soup with tomatoes, spices, herbs, olive oil

Mahshi

Mahshi

Vegetables, grape leaves, stuffed with a seasoned rice mixture

Malfouf

Malfouf

Stuffed cabbage rolls

Malleh

Malleh

Preserved fish, fish such as kingfish and tuna are salted and dried for preservation, then rehydrated, stewed, cooked in a biryani (mixed rice dish) with spices, preserved black limes

Marag

Marag

Stewed meat and vegetables, made with mutton, chicken, fish, vegetables, may be served as an appetizer

Méchoui

Méchoui

A whole spit-roasted animal, for example, lamb, sheep, goat, cow, camel

Mermez

Mermez

Chickpea and onion stew with lamb or beef

Mesfouf

Mesfouf

Sweet or savory semolina couscous, sweet versions are made with raisins, dried fruit, nuts, savory versions may contain beans, peas, vegetables, meat

Mhadjeb

Mhadjeb

Semolina flatbread stuffed with savory or sweet ingredients such as onions and tomato sauce, vegetables, hummus, minced meat, sugar, spices and nuts, honey

Moules frites

Moules frites

Mussels in broth, served with french fries

Muhammar

Muhammar

Spiced rice sweetened with date molasses or sugar, traditionally served with fried or grilled fish

Mulukhiyah

Mulukhiyah

Stewed jute leaves, serve with rice

Nwasser

Nwasser

Small, flat pasta squares, for example, stewed, cooked with lamb, chicken (chicken nwasser, nwasser au poulet)

Osbane

Osbane

Mutton stomach or intestine stuffed with meat, offal, herbs, vegetables, rice, chickpeas, herbs, spices

Pastilla

Pastilla

Meat pie, made with chicken, pigeon, fish, seafood, there is also a sweet version filled with cream

Pizza

Pizza

Oven baked flat dough or crust topped with sauce, meat, cheese, vegetables, fruit, many different toppings, crust types and cooking styles

Quenelle

Quenelle

Poached fish or meat dumplings, commonly served with a cream sauce, many different types, for example, cheese, vegetable, buckwheat, ice cream

Ragout

Ragout

Stewed meat, fish, seafood, game, vegetables

Ratatouille

Ratatouille

Stewed vegetables

Rechta

Rechta

Noodles, commonly cooked in broth, served with chicken, chickpeas, potatoes, harissa

Rechta au poulet

Rechta au poulet

Noodles with chicken

Rfissa

Rfissa

Spiced chicken with lentils, fenugreek, saffron, served over shredded trid or msemen flatbread

Roast lamb

Roast lamb

Salade de fruit de mer

Salade de fruit de mer

Shish kebab

Shish kebab

Grilled meat kebab, made with lamb, beef, liver, chicken, fish, serve with yogurt

Shorbat adas

Shorbat adas

Shurba

Shurba

Soufflé

Soufflé

Baked egg-based dish, may be sweet or savory

Soupe de poisson

Soupe de poisson

Soupe poisson

Soupe poisson

Fish and/or seafood soup or stew

Tajine

Tajine

Stew or casserole cooked in a clay pot, made with lamb, chicken, seafood, meatballs, vegetables

Tajine jelbana

Tajine jelbana

Stew with green peas, meat and vegetables

Tbikha

Tbikha

Stewed vegetables such as beans, chickpeas, tomatoes, onions, garlic, harissa

Yassa

Yassa

Chicken marinated and stewed with lemon juice, vinegar and onions, also made with fish (poisson yassa)

Arabic salad

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Arabic salad

Chopped salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, lemon juice, olive oil, spices

Au jus

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Au jus

A light gravy or dipping sauce made from the juices of cooked meats, used with meat dishes, French dip

Baghrir

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Baghrir

Small, spongy semolina pancakes, serve with amlou, honey butter, jam

Baguette

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Baguette

Long thin French bread, serve with jam, honey, butter, Nutella, use to make sandwiches

Baharat

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Baharat

Spice mix made with mint, oregano, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, nutmeg, black pepper, paprika, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, used in many dishes

Barquette

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Barquette

Boat-shaped pastry shell, commonly filled with sweet or savory ingredients such as fruit, custard, chocolate, Nutella, shrimp, ham and cheese

Batbout

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Batbout

Pita bread, commonly filled with vegetables, tuna, salad, tuna, chicken

Bechamel

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Bechamel

A milk and roux sauce, used as a base to make many other sauces, good with pasta, poultry, fish, vegetables

Berbere

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Berbere

A spice blend or paste made with chili peppers, peppercorns, coriander, cumin, cardamom, fenugreek, cloves, paprika, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, garlic, used in many dishes

Betinjan maqli

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Betinjan maqli

Fried eggplant with parsley, garlic, sumac

Bezar

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Bezar

Spice mix made with cumin, fennel, cinnamon, coriander, peppercorns, red chilies, tumeric

Borek

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Borek

Phyllo dough pastry filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, spinach

Bouquet garni

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Bouquet garni

Fresh herbs and vegetables tied together and used to add flavor to soups, stocks

Brioche

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Brioche

Bread with a high egg and butter content, may also be made with dried fruit, chocolate chips, raisins

Caviar

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Caviar

Salt-cured fish roe, several different varieties and ways to serve

Chapati

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Chapati

Flatbread, serve with curry, boiled lentils, peas, may be filled with potatoes, minced meat, curry

Chaud-froid

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Chaud-froid

A sauce traditionally made with chicken stock with added gelatin, served cold on cold meat and cold meat-based dishes such as galantine, terrine, several variations

Chermoula

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Chermoula

Marinade/relish for fish and seafood

Chrik constantinois

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Chrik constantinois

Small brioche buns

Confitures

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Confitures

A confiture is any fruit jam, marmalade, paste, sweetmeat, or fruit stewed in thick syrup. Confit, the root of the word, comes from the French word confire which means literally preserved; a confit being any type of food that is cooked slowly over a long period of time as a method of preservation.

Couscous

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Couscous

Steamed balls made of crushed durum wheat semolina

Craquelin

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Craquelin

Craquelin is a type of Belgian brioche that is filled with nib sugar. Sugar pieces are flavoured with orange, lemon, vanilla, or almond essence, then inserted into the dough before cooking. They melt and cool, leaving gaps encrusted in sugar. The craquelin dough will have a brioche dough overlay to prevent sugar protrusion. Note that this is different from choux au craquelin, which are mini cream puffs with crackly tops.

Crème fraîche

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Crème fraîche

A thick and creamy dairy product similar to sour cream, made with dairy cream that has been soured using bacteria from a starter culture, used in many different dishes and recipes

Creme Mousseline

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Creme Mousseline

Pastry cream (crème patissiere) mixed with butter, used with cream puffs, mille-feuille, Paris-Brest, fraisier strawberry cake, pastries

Croissant

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Croissant

Flaky, buttery pastry, made with raisins, almonds, chocolate, cream, serve with coffee

Date honey

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Date honey

A sweet syrup made from dates, used in many different dishes and recipes, for example, asida, bread, pastries, meat, chicken, vegetables

Dates

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Dates

Fruit from the date palm. A common snack, dessert.

Dukkah

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Dukkah

A nut and spice mix, made with hazlenuts, sesame seeds, coriander seeds, cumin, salt, pepper, used with toasted bread such as Turkish bread that is dipped in olive oil and then into dukkah

Fatira

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Fatira

Wheat flour flatbread, serve filled with scrambled eggs, savory meat filling, vegetables, honey

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