My Frist Foray in Persian Cooking
I got this amazing cookbook for Christmas. Its a Persian cookbook, with wonderful stories and photos (Oh, the photos...) and absolutely unbelievable recipes. And, I say unbelievable because I'm pleasantly surprised by the kinds of combinations that are apparently commonplace in Persian food, but that I would never have thought to put together.
For example, I would never have thought to stuff a chicken with apples, prunes, apricots, onions and garlic. (Sausage and apples and basil, yes. The rest of those things, no.) And, all the jams and pickles and cakes (Cakes!) with dates and pistachios and pomegranate.
In short, I'm in love with this cookbook. Except, I've not cooked out of it before. Can you believe that? I've had it since Christmas, and I've done nothing more than open it an ogle. That is, until today. I'm having people over later for a Potluck style meal in for which I'm making a chicken stuffed with the previously mentioned ingredients, an egg and cheese dip (that is supposed to be served with bread, but I'm going to serve with crackers) and some Lavash bread. That's right. I'm making my own Persian Style bread.
I took pictures of the process, but of course I can't find my card reader at the moment to retrieve them from the camera. Trust though, that the stuff looked pretty good. I think it turned out well. There will definitely be more adventures in Persian food to come!
