Around the World in 80 dinner parties - Ideas please.

starjumper

champys wrote: »

oh starjumper - can you recommend an Armenian cookery book? I adore both Armenian and Georgian food, but recipes are hard to come by..... the cuisine is so rich and diverse. I tried to get a title I had borrowed from the library before via Amazon, but it ended up being out of print. Thanks in advance!

Sorry for the delay in responding to this, only just logged on again. We use "The Armenain Table" by Victoria Jenanyan Wise published by St. Martin's Press which we got from Amazon, it's American/Armenian so everything is in cups but it's great and there are so many great recipes.

I'm born and bread English but the recipes are really easy even for me.

As an Armenain aside there is a great Armenian Deli near us in Gatley, Cheshire called Armenique which I can't recommend highly enough.

Happy cooking!

chocolatepennyfarthing

Anyone know any starter or desserts to do with the Hungarian goulash please?

la_farfallina

Lots of recipes from around the world on this website....from Afghani to Yemeni. http://recipes.wuzzle.org/

Hope it helps someone.

Farf x

miss_independent

Thankyou - I like to be adventurous in my cooking so this could be really helpful! :T

strawberrypud

I often make pasta e fagioli which is a cheap tasty nutritious italian meal (pasta and beans) and I wondered if anyone has any OS recipes from other countries. There must be people on this busy forum from all over the place who still love to make things their mothers and grandmothers made for them or have just picked up along the way....and I would love to hear about these recipes.

Pasta e fagioli....

One onion finely chopped
One stick of celery finely chopped
One large carrot diced small
Stock
Beans - a tin or either flageolet or cannellini beans are good for this
Pasta - I use spaghetti broken up into inch size pieces
Either 2 cloves of garlic OR half a carton of passata (Both variations are yummy)

Fry the veg (and cruched garlic if using), then add the stock and drained beans and simmer til the veg is soft (5-10 mins) then add the pasta for the final 15 mins. Don't drain off the sauce, it is a sort of thick soup meal.

Fruball

I'd really like some 'round the world' recipes too so...

Bumpity bump

rozmister

My Mum makes something called Armenian pork. Before everyone gets excited the recipe came off a soup can but it is lush and very good for using cheap cuts of pork. It's spicy and tomatoey and goes with rice! I actually asked her to email me the recipe today and as soon as she does I'll put it up here!!

Penelope_Penguin

Frugal wrote: »

I'd really like some 'round the world' recipes too so...

Bumpity bump

We have an existing thread of world cooking suggestions, so I'll merge this to give you more ideas

French - coq au vin
Mexican - tortillas
Italian - pizza
Greek - taramasalata
American - burgers
Swiss - fondue
English - cream tea
Scottish - haggis
Welsh - Welsh cakes

rosie383

Ooooh, lovely thread. Can't wait to try some of the recipes out, and when I have time, to post some Algerian recipes on here. My wonderful MIL can make the most wondeful meals from very little. Very MSE

jilly278

All this talk of food is making me feel hungry. Love your idea about the different themed dinner parties.

What about hummus and pitta bread for an easy to make (the hummus), cheap starter?

Also I like a yogurt, mixed with egg yolks and plain flour for the moussaka topping instead of a white sauce topping.

For a main course you could also serve Kleftiko which is a slow cooked, herby joint of lamb recipe. Not sure that lamb is that good value at the mo so maybe best to wait until it's in season in the spring.

Hope that helps.