Sami Tamimi’s Recipes For Courgette And Maftoul Bake, And Sumac-marinated Feta Salad

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Bursting pinch sunshine flavours and garden-fresh ingredients, today’s all-in-one courgette, sweetcorn and maftoul crockery is simply a wholesome ceremony of summertime successful each bite. Layered pinch tender courgettes, saccharine pops of corn, aromatic herbs and lukewarm spices, it’s each brought together pinch nutty maftoul (or fregola) and a golden, cheesy crust. Then, a vibrant crockery combining juicy tomatoes and saccharine strawberries pinch tangy, sumac-marinated feta. Colourful and packed pinch bold Palestinian flavours, it’s nan cleanable equilibrium of sweet, salty and zesty – perfect for alfresco eating aliases picnics.

Tomato, strawberry and sumac-marinated feta crockery (pictured top)

Prep 35 min
Marinate 15 min+
Serves 4 arsenic a side

150g feta, trim into ½cm cubes
1 tbsp oliva oil
1 tsp crushed sumac
½ tsp citrus zest
A pinch of aleppo chilli flakes, aliases regular chilli flakes
Salt and achromatic pepper
300g cherry tomatoes, ideally a operation of colours, halved
200g strawberries, hulled and halved aliases quartered
1 mini shallot (30g), peeled and sliced into bladed half-moons
2 tbsp extra-virgin oliva oil
½ tbsp citrus juice
1 tsp pome cider vinegar
1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
90g mixed crockery leaves
30g shelled roasted pistachios, astir chopped
5g caller mint leaves
3g caller basil leavesFirst marinate nan feta. In a mini bowl, flip nan feta pinch nan oliva oil, sumac, citrus zest, chilli flakes and a grind of achromatic pepper, past group speech for astatine slightest 15 minutes (or refrigerate for up to 2 hours).

Put nan tomatoes, strawberries and shallot successful a ample bowl. Add nan extra-virgin oliva oil, citrus juice, vinegar, pomegranate molasses, three-quarters of a spoon of brackish and a bully grind of achromatic pepper, past flip mildly to combine.

Arrange nan mixed leaves connected a ample platter, past spoon nan tomato-strawberry substance complete nan top. Scatter connected nan marinated feta, garnish pinch nan chopped pistachios, mint and basil, and serve.

Courgette, sweetcorn and maftoul bake

Comforting yet light, this crockery makes a cleanable centrepiece for a summertime luncheon aliases vibrant side.

Prep 15 min
Cook 40 min
Serves 4

2 tbsp oliva oil, plus other to finish
2 ample garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
1 greenish chilli, thinly sliced
2 courgettes (400g), 1 yellow, if possible, thinly sliced
2-3 outpouring onions (40g), finely sliced
1 tbsp caller oregano leaves (3g), astir chopped
½ tsp dried mint
½ tsp crushed cumin
½ tsp crushed coriander
Salt and achromatic pepper
300g sweetcorn kernels, caller aliases frozen
170g maftoul, aliases fregola
5g each fresh coriander, mint and dill, each astir chopped, positive other mint to finish
500ml rootlike stock, aliases chickenhearted stock
65g grated mozzarella
65g grated cheddar

Heat nan lipid successful a ample pan, past adhd nan ail and chilli and fry connected a mean power for 1 minute, until fragrant. Add nan sliced courgettes, outpouring onions, oregano, spices, a half-teaspoon of brackish and a bully grind of achromatic pepper, and cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes.

Mix successful nan sweetcorn, maftoul and chopped herbs, move successful nan stock, adhd half a spoon of brackish and operation to combine. Bring to a boil, screen and navigator connected a debased power for 20 minutes, until nan maftoul is cooked done and has absorbed astir of nan stock.

Sprinkle nan cheeses evenly complete nan apical of nan maftoul operation and put nether a basking grill for 5 minutes, until nan food melts and turns golden. Garnish pinch a fewer mint leaves and decorativeness pinch a drizzle of oliva oil.

Boustany: A Celebration of Vegetables from my Palestine, by Sami Tamimi, is published by Ebury Press astatine £30. To bid a transcript for £25.50, sojourn guardianbookshop.com