Admin on May 03 2009 | Filed under: Food, Moroccan Food, Travel
The road between Midelt and Merzouga is a wonderful drive through a breathtaking landscape. Close to Er-Rachidia, you can see the turquoise blue waters of the Barrage Hassan Adakhil against the dark brown outcrops of the mountains. You wind your way through the Ziz Gorges, passing derelict Ksours and people going about their lives. Once [...]
Admin on Mar 13 2009 | Filed under: Food, Moroccan Food, Savoury
I got given a wonderful gift of a few Terfezia today, the desert truffles that are abound at the moment after the rains. Your email: As the Terfezia are not that strong in flavour I thought they would go really well in a mushroom risotto, combined with some dried porcini and some run of the [...]
Admin on Feb 16 2009 | Filed under: Food, Moroccan Food, Recipe Books, Sweet
In most the markets in Morocco you will find a vendor selling dried rose buds and gorgeous rose water. It is used in everything from deserts and pastries to cooling eye patches… It is a wonderful delicate flavouring and adds such a unique taste to everything. I saw these in Julie Le Clerc’s [...]
Admin on Feb 06 2009 | Filed under: Food, Moroccan Food, Savoury
Couscous Friday….
When we first moved to Morocco I one day asked Maria to please show me how to cook some “traditional” couscous for dinner. It was about 16h30 and a normal weekday. The response I got was quite astounding and not something I could understand at the time, a cross between “are you mad”, “it is Thursday” and “how could you possibly cook couscous in just an hour and have it for dinner to top it all?”… Needless to say we did not have couscous for dinner!
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