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Tag Archives: Laban
Kishk Soup with Garlic
There were so many striking things about the day I ate kishk for the first time. As I mentioned, kishk is not something I’d ever heard of, let alone eaten, until recently. I tasted a steaming bowlful after a winter … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged burghul, cracked wheat, Garlic, Kibbeh, kishk, kishk powder, kishk soup, Laban, Labne, labneh, Lamb, yogurt
15 Comments
Ingredient: Kishk Powder
I can just imagine how kishk came to be, in the chill mountains of Lebanon where there was a need to store up nutrient-rich, delicious foodstuffs for the winter months (this is the Lebanese food preservation tradition known as mouneh). … Continue reading
Posted in Ingredients
Tagged bulghur, burghul, cracked wheat, kishk, kishk powder, Laban, smeed, soup, yogurt
6 Comments
Pink Deviled Eggs (laban & mint), for Mrs. Smith
Whenever there are cars in the driveway across the way here on Main Street, more than one car, I start to get worried. Mrs. Smith hasn’t been feeling well, not so surprising at her age, and she keeps quiet over … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged deviled eggs, Easter, eggs, hard boiled eggs, Laban, Labne, labneh, Mint, Na'na
7 Comments
Apricot-Walnut Granola with Orange Blossom, and a new life
I haven’t heard my father’s name spoken so many times in the 12 years since he died as I have in the last week. For the first time I truly understand, and I feel, the power of a namesake. It … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged apricots, breakfast, dried apricots, dried fruit, granola, Laban, Mazaher, Orange blossom water, yogurt
32 Comments
Homemade yogurt: straining for laban, labne, and labne preserved in oil
Now that we’ve got down the basics for making our own yogurt, we’re going to take it to the next level. Your yogurt becomes its finest once it has been strained some (or quite a bit) to remove the whey … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes, Techniques
Tagged Laban, laban khiyar, Labne, labneh, yogurt, yogurt cheese
18 Comments
Homemade yogurt, Lebanese laban: the recipe
Here’s a simple post for a simple recipe to make your own yogurt. You can do this! You want to do this! There’s something deeply satisfying about homemade yogurt—the making of it, and above all, the eating. Your yogurt can … Continue reading
Homemade yogurt: a few tips about ingredients
Once you get the hang of making your own yogurt (a.k.a.: laban), you will do it without thinking. You’ll do it as a matter of course, the same way you start the week off with all kinds of habits. While … Continue reading
Posted in Ingredients, Techniques
Tagged Laban, laban khiyar, Labne, labneh, yogurt, yogurt cheese
5 Comments
Homemade yogurt week: My favorite All-Clad pot
One of my first posts here was about the classic Lebanese salad of yogurt and cucumbers, or laban khiyar. Tucked away with that recipe was the method for making your own yogurt—far too tucked away for all of us who … Continue reading
Posted in Favorite Things
Tagged favorite things, Laban, Labne, labneh, yogurt, yogurt cucumber salad
4 Comments
A June Menu: Lebanese Lunch Alfresco
There are few things we Aboods enjoy more than sitting around talking about what to cook and what to eat next. I suspect the same is true for at least some of you…. We get after it whether there’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Menus
Tagged Cookies, fatayar, Laban, labneh, Menus, spinach, Strawberries, tabbouleh
4 Comments
Hummus bi Tahini, with a secret ingredient
A few years ago, I went to a luncheon of the Chicago Culinary Historians at Big Bowl Asian restaurant. The inspiration for the restaurant, along with the very popular Wow Bao restaurants in Chicago, is Bruce Cost, who was the … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged chickpeas, Family, hummus, Laban, Labne, Lebanese, tahini
18 Comments
Technique: How to thicken yogurt for Labne
In Lebanese cuisine, labne is a thick yogurt spread served drizzled with olive oil as part of maza (many small plates) and used as a condiment with savory dishes. My Sitto ate her own labne every single morning, spread with … Continue reading
Are you a coosa?
Many of us at some point or another have called a small child “pumpkin.” Sweet little thing you just want to eat up. My father was someone who enjoyed taking liberties with language, and he developed his own kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged Coosa, Coosa Mehshee, Family, koosa, kousa, kusa, Laban, stuffing, zucchini
10 Comments
Yogurt Cucumber Salad with Mint
When I’ve envisioned the story of my grandmother’s arranged marriage in Lebanon, and her immediate, teary-eyed departure to the United States with her new husband, one of the more lighthearted among the many serious thoughts I’ve had about her journey … Continue reading
Posted in Stories and Recipes
Tagged cucumbers, Laban, laban khiyar, yogurt, yogurt cucumber salad
16 Comments
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