Happy Christmas

We are very glad to write another time to you on our blog .
We wish that you spend a good Christmas.
At riad Laaroussa, we celebrated the chistmas night with our guests, they were very happy with Moroccan folklore and we prepared a delicious dinner with mechoui , differents salads and desserts.

We had a very good atmosphere in the kitchen and santa klauss was with us and brought us many gifts.

Fez is full of tourists at the moment.All our guests enjoy the medina and the neighboroughs.
again merry christmas to all of you and happy new year.

Sabah and Samira.

Dear visitors, we are sorry of this delay because of children schools and the crowned month of the Ramadan. We hope that we will return towards you with new recipe.

Today, we give you the recipe of Mhalabia as a request of our dearest visitors .

Ingredients :

1/2 l milk.
1/2 l orange juis.
4 soup spoon of sugar.
4 spoon of Maizena.
1/2 cup of orange flower.

put milk in the pan, 2 soup spoon of sugar, 2 soup spoon of Maïzena, , 2 soup spoon of orange flower while the ingredients on the fire don't stop stirring till it looks like a yoghurt . For the orange juice we follow the same steps (2 soup spoon of sugar, 2 soup spoon of Maïzena, , 2 soup spoon of orange flower while the ingredients on the fire don't stop stirring till it looks like a yoghurt ). After we put milk in the bolls to be useful by adding the orange juice in the center. Let in cool weather half an hour before serving it with a sheet of mint or broken almonds.

Try preparing and pouring milk and orange juice in the same time in bolls.

Enjoyed

Almond juice

Today is the forth day of Ramadan there is an environment especially for this month in all the médina of Fès.

Yesterday , Samira left with customers to the market, there were many people, the customers noticed there were various kinds of Marocains cakes to honey (chebbakia briwattes)

for this occasion we will make you a receipt juice almond with milk we take it at the beginning of the ftour.

Ingredients:

1/2 glass d' almonds chopped.

1/4 d' water of flower d' orange tree.

100 G of sugar. 1 milk L.

We mix all the ingredient in a mixer, and we serve it cold

Sweet energy food

Al Moroccan families are preparing sweet food for Ramadan breakfast.
Sweet food are important in fasting month, like almond briwattes with honey that give us energy.

Ingredients:

1 kg of almonds.
1/2 kg of sugar granulated.
1 tsp cinnamon.
1 kg brike of pastilla.
1/2 glass orange flower water.
1 l of oil.
2 kg of honey.
4 grains of gum arabic.

mix almonds, sugar and orange flower carefully with 10 oz softened butter.
place a slightly flattened knob of almond paste on the edge of each of pastilla, and the two sides in over it to make a rectangle about 2 inches wide. rull up the pastilla tightly and stick the end with egg yolk.
Bring it to boiling point three times, keep the honey on a very low heat near the frying pan, in which you should now brown the briwattes in boiling oil.
take the briwattes out of the oil and drop them into the honey, where they must stay for a few minutes, take them out of the honey and drain them for a few seconds then arrange them on a tagine.

Enjoy

New day at riad Laaroussa

today the weather is beatiful, not very hot.
Our guest had breakfast early on the roof ,they like it and we take some pictures with them.
After some guests will leave with samira to the market, to choose fresh vegetables,fruits, chicken
and lamb, in order to participate at cooking lessons.It is very interesting and funny.

This eveninng , we will prepare 3 Moroccan salads, and lamb tagin with green beans .
And we will prepare also for vegetarian guests a tagine with rice .

Recipe of lamb tagin and green beans:

2 kilo meat cut in pieces.
1/2 glass oliver oil.
1/2 glass vegetable oli.
2 onions sliced.
2 cloves of garlic, chopped.
1/2 tsp saffran
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp ginger.
1 tsp salt.
3 pints water.

When it is cooked add the following ingredients and simmer for 45 min.
1 lbs French beans, washed and with strings removed.
2 tomatoes, peeled and cut in pieces.
1 pints parsley chopped.
Set out the pieces of meat on a tagin, with a little pile of french beans decorated with a pieces of tomatos between each.Coat all with sauce.

Enjoy

Beetroot and Carrot salads

Today in riad Laaroussa we prepar some cold salads.

Ingredients:

1 lb beetroot
2 tbsp orange flower water
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp castor sugar
half glass of cooking water

Wash, peel, cut into 3/4 inch squares and cook in boiling water the beetroot.
Drain the beetroot and reserve half a glass of the cooking water.
Leave to cool a little then mix all ingredients.

Serve cold

Enjoyed

Recipe for the carrot:

Wash, peel and grate:
2 lbs carrots and mix them with:
2 oranges, peeled and cut in dice.
1 glass orange juice.
1/2 glass lemon juice.
2 tbsp orange flower water.
3 tbsp sugar.

Serve very cold

Enjoyed

we came back

We have never forgotten our blog visitors; today we are under preparation of a delicious meal of course

Moroccan traditional food.
So prepare your stomach with aperitifs.
Today, Riad Laaroussa has different nationalities American, Australian, Canadian and French guests, families and couples.
Some of them did a Moroccan Hammam, Massages it was lovely before aperitifs on the terrace and the dinner next fresh fountain view.

Wait for our recepies tomorrow.

Kind regards with Moroccan smils

Sabah and Samira

Breakfast cake

We prepare every morning at Riad Laaroussa a delicious breakfast witth a variety of healthy elements for our dear hosts, and we have dicovered that among the meals that we serve they appreciate the cake with orange juice, so it will be a pleasure for us to give you its recipe.

Ingredient:

4 eggs
Orange zest
1tea cup of orange
1 tea cup of granuled sugger
half tea cup of vegetable oil
20 gm vanilla
20 gm of baking powder
200 gm of flour

we mixed all the mentoined ingtedients by the blender except the baking powder which must to be put at the final stage .
secondly we spread the inside of the mould with butter and flour.
thirdly we pour all the mixture inside the mould .
then we put the mould in side the oven to be cooked under a medium heat for45mm.


Enjoy

Tajine de petit poi et fenouille

Nous offrons ce tajine à un de nos clients,nationalité française qui l'ont déjà mangé au riad Laaroussa et ils ont beaucoup apprécié.

Ingrédients :

1 kilo de viande de préférence agneau.
2 kilo de petit- poi.
1/2 kilo de fenouil .
2 oignons haché.
4 gousses d'ails coupés en petit morceaux.
1 cuillère à café de gingembre.
1 cuillère à café de sel.
4 fil de safran.
Demi cuillère à café de safran colorant.
Coriandre.
1 demi verre d'huile d'olive.

La méthode :

Dans une cocotte , faire revenir à l'huile la viande l'oignon émincés, l'ail pressé, et les épices ajouter 1 litre d'eau.
Laisser mijoter à feu moyen 50 minutes à couvert.
Aprés on ajoute le petit-poi laisser mijoté encore quelques minutes, aprés on ajoute le fenouil et le coriandre coupé en petit morceau pendant 10 minutes.

Dresser dans un tajine chauffés préalablement et servir bien chaud avec des olives et citron confis?

Bon appetit

Tagine de petit poie et fenouille