It would have been nice to make this dish for some Passover meal, but that sesame is, for some obscure reason, officially kitnyot. So I made it for Shabbat. I watched chef Sufyan make it and while his is much prettier, I think I achieved almost the same taste.
Eggplant with Techina
serves 2-4 as an appetizer
Ingredients:
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Posts Tagged ‘silan’
Eggplant and Techinah
Posted in Everyday Cooking, tagged date honey, eggplant, silan, techina on April 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Passover Cooking: Date-Honey Sweet Potatoes
Posted in Passover, What's Cooking for Shabbos and Yom Tov, tagged date honey, Passover cooking, silan, sweet potatoes, vegetables on March 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For holiday meals I don’t have to think too much about side dishes. We all love vegetables. Sometimes, though, I want to serve something a little different, something more festive. One of my readers and commenters, Abbi, suggested drizzling sweet potatoes with Silan – date honey, before roasting. I liked the idea right away, and [...]
Roast Chicken with Figs
Posted in Just Hungry, What's Cooking for Shabbos and Yom Tov, tagged figs, olive oil, roast chicken, rosemary, silan on September 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Late summer is when fresh figs are at their peak. We eat them halved and drizzled with sweet cream for a luxurious breakfast – baked like apples, with a little honey spooned over them – poached in a light white wine syrup. Or just rinsed and eaten as they are. It’s not a cheap fruit, [...]




