Tag Archives: Labneh

Chili labneh (Labneh harra)

If you happen to like a bit of heat, you will love this version of  labneh. At  Souk el-Tayeb it is served slathered on a markouk bread baked on the spot. Since labneh is simply drained yogurt it is very easy to make this at home with a jar of hot red pepper paste, some yogurt [...]
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Labneh and butternut squash sauce for pasta

  This is a very easy sauce to make. The contrast between the sweetness of the squash and the onions and the sour taste of labneh or yogurt is (in my mind) pleasant. The texture is rich and creamy, yet the sauce is light (especially if you make the labneh with fat-free Greek yogurt). INGREDIENTS: [...]
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Spaghetti on spaghetti

Ramadan Kareeem 2011! Spaghetti squash is a fun vegetable; you bake it and then split it open and carve out all these spaghetti-like strands; here the spaghetti squash is combined with some angel hair pasta and a labneh and basil sauce. INGREDIENTS: 1 Spaghetti squash 4 ounces of angel hair pasta or cappellini 1 ounce [...]
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