Maghreb b’stilla – pronounced pas-tee-yah – is a special-occasion dish firmly routed in Morocco. Often made with chicken, traditionally it was made with pigeon. We stuck with chicken. This meat pie is made in a round baking dish with phyllo pastry on top. In our version, we moved the filling to phyllo pockets to make hand...
Quick and simple. These are the words we love to use when describing recipe technique. Rich and hearty. Now those are the words we really like to write! We love when a recipe comes together quickly, but we also want those simple prep meals to be satisfying, craveable and one you turn to again and...
Take crawfish season in a new direction with these North African flavor-inspired meat pies. A nice hit of spice from Harissa Extra Virgin Olive Oil plus rich, savory flavor from Ras El Hanout makes for a nice change of pace. This recipe was featured in Country Roads Magazine.
Red Lentil Soup, or Dal, makes frequent appearances in the Red Stick Spice Teaching Kitchen for two very important reasons. First, split red lentils cook quickly, making them the perfect dish for a 90 minute teaching block. Second, they are a blank canvas. Grab a Mediterranean or Middle Eastern spice blend and get creative. In...