Category Archives: lamb shanks

Kibbeh with citrus sauce (Kibbeh Arnabieh)

If you ask a traditional, die-hard Beiruti, one whose family has  been residing for generations in West Beirut (called Ras Beirut, the oldest and original part of the  city), what  their favorite dish is, kibbeh  arnabieh would be in the top three. This dish is one of the great classics of Lebanese cuisine. It is usually [...]
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Lamb Shanks with peas and carrots (Yakhnet al-bazella u jazar)

Whenever I meet Lebanese expats I hear them  fondly  mention the yakhneh (stew) of their mother or grandmother. There is a huge portion of the Lebanese culinary repertoire dedicated to these yakhneh, encompassing every vegetable under  the sun and almost always with the same basic  formula: a stock made of lamb shanks (or shoulder cuts), [...]
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Couscous Lebanese-style (Moghrabyeh)

Some dishes are fit for royalty. This is one of them. I remember the anticipation of having moghrabyeh prepared for us by my dad’s favorite cousin in the mountains in the village of Maad; hers was the best and I still have her recipe that she passed on to my mother. Alas, the cousin is [...]
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