Family Dinner

Lazy Sundays are my favorite 😍

By lazy i mean no deep cleaning only cooking , drinking wine having quality time with family and friends 😊 , i love hosting dinners and high teas , it has been a while since my last high tea , this sunday was lovely , my family was here we enjoyed our time out side the weather was perfect 👌 and we had our drinks in the garden then we came inside and had dinner then dessert 🍨 and tea 🍵 .

I made simple salad with pearl Couscous

And msachen sandwiches 🥪 (مسخن)

Served with garlic sauce and taratora sauce

Then after we had some tea and dessert

Acter that we definitely had a food come 😋

For the sandwiches

1 kg chicken breast without skin and bones

1/2 kg onions

5 markouk bread or arabic bread

1 cup sumac

1 1/2 cup olive oil

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon salt

Cook the chicken with onion and gloves and cinnamon ,cardamom.

Chop the onions into wings then fry in a saucepan with half a cup of oil until the onion wilts.

Add the sumac over the onions and mix. Then add in the fragmented chicken and fry well. Season with salt and black pepper.

Leave the chicken and onion filling over heat while stirring constantly for 5 minutes. Then remove the saucepan from heat.

Divide each loaf of bread into 4 sections in the form of triangles then dip the bread triangles in oil.

Place 2 tablespoons of the filling inside each bread section then wrap the bread in the form of a funnel making sure to close it from the bottom.

Place the msakhan sandwiches in a pan coated with olive oil and place in the oven until the surface of the sandwiches turns lightly brown.

Serve the “msakhan” sandwiches hot.

For the dessert 🍨

For the Fillo Pastry

2 x 375g Antoniou Fillo Pastry

300g unsalted butter, melted and clarified

For the syrup

2 cups sugar

3 cups water

2 Tbsp honey

1 cinnamon stick

8 whole cloves

3 ribbons lemon rind

For the custard

120g unsalted butter

160g fine semolina

100g sugar

1 litre full cream milk

1 egg

1 ribbon lemon rind

For the nut mixture

500g walnuts

2 tablespoons caster sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon all spice

1/4 teaspoon salt

Add all the ingredients except for the honey to a small saucepan. Stir to combine once and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to low and allow the syrup to simmer for approximately 20 minutes, or until it thickens slightly. Stir in the honey then set aside to cool completely.

To make the custard

Place the butter, semolina, sugar, milk and lemon rind in a large saucepan over medium to high heat. Whisk constantly to avoid the semolina from sticking. Once the custard has thickened add the egg and whisk well. Remove the lemon rind and set aside.

To assemble

Use a food processor to chop the walnuts or by hand my machine was broken , until they are a chunky crumb. Mix in the sugar and spices.

Grease a 23cm by 30cm baking tray with butter .

And continue as the video but just a tip after you spread the semolina mixture leave it to be completely cooled down , to have perfect pieces while cutting .

Serve with tea ,warm or room temperature 🌡.

For the rest everything it in my video , i hope you enjoy it 💌