Beef Tataki - Seared Beef Marinated in Ginger, Lemongrass and Soy
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Beef Tataki - Seared Beef Marinated in Ginger, Lemongrass and Soy

Do you know beef tataki? It’s a rather festive recipe that I adore and that’s always a big hit. A bit like the famous Thai “Crying Tiger”, it’s a piece of beef that’s quickly seared, then marinated in a fragrant Japanese sauce. It’s close to a carpaccio, but more tender and more flavorful.

Peppercorn Sauce (Sauce au Poivre) - Dairy-Free
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Peppercorn Sauce (Sauce au Poivre) - Dairy-Free

Peppercorn sauce is one of the essential sauces of French cooking, served with meat and even with fish, as in this delicious recipe for tuna steak with peppercorn sauce. Today I’m sharing a dairy-free peppercorn sauce, perfect with your meat dishes, especially a roast beef.

Pkaila - Tunisian Confit Spinach Stew with White Beans and Beef
Tunisian cuisine Jewish cuisine Spinach Meat Stew Beef Make-ahead Freezable Beef cheek Rosh Hashanah Shabbat

Pkaila - Tunisian Confit Spinach Stew with White Beans and Beef

Pkaila is one of the signature dishes of Tunisian Jewish cooking. It’s a stew in which the spinach is cooked down for a long time until it becomes almost confit, then simmered with meat and white beans. Real black gold for those who love it: don’t be put off by its unusual color, this dish is a real crowd-pleaser.

Tunisian Italian Bread with Olive Oil and Nigella Seeds (Pain Italien)
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Tunisian Italian Bread with Olive Oil and Nigella Seeds (Pain Italien)

This Italian-style bread, made with olive oil and sprinkled with nigella seeds, is the one traditionally used for the Tunisian sandwich, filled just like the famous Tunisian fricassé. It is also perfect alongside slow-cooked dishes such as Psal or Loubia (meat stew with onions and beans) or mloukhia, jute-leaf stew with meat and merguez.

Mloukhia - Tunisian Beef and Merguez Stew with Jute Leaf Powder
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Mloukhia - Tunisian Beef and Merguez Stew with Jute Leaf Powder

Nicknamed the dish that never ends, mloukhia (or mloukhiya) is a classic of Tunisian cooking made from ground jute leaves (corète) and cooked with beef and merguez. Here we make it every year as soon as the weather turns cooler, so I’m sharing my family recipe. Don’t judge it by its looks: it’s a wonderful dish that you’ll love mopping up with a good Italian-style bread.