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Middle Eastern Starters

With Chef Omar master a rich and diverse collection of Middle Eastern starters. From his FREE Chef trainings find out the techniques for Middle Eastern cooking!

Middle Eastern Starters

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Introduction to Starters

Meet chef Omar, Lebanese cuisine expert with 22 years’ experience! Chef Omar will take use through the main ingredients included in the most popular Arabic mezza’s.

Middle Eastern Starters

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Mezzes: Part 1

Chef Omar introduces 3 of the most popular fried mezzes: Spinach Fatayer, Cheese Rolls and Cheese & Meat Sambusak. Part 1 will focus on dough making and the first steps to prepare each mezze.

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Mezzes: Part 2

How to shape the dough and fry 3 different hot appetizers, step-by-step.

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Falafel: Part 1

Pressing and mixing everyone’s favourite falafel ingredients.

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Falafel: Part 2

How to fry perfectly shaped falafels: Achieve a falaffel that tastes and looks great.

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Kibbeh: Part 1

Learn about the different types of burghul (crushed wheat) and dough making as the first steps to prepare a delicious Kibbeh starter.

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Kibbeh: Part 2

Kibbeh is all about the perfect stuffing. Watch how Chef Omar prepares great looking Kibbehs.

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Kibbeh: Part 3

The last step to a great Kibbeh is frying. Watch a summary of all the steps and the final frying and plating.

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Hummus: Part 1

Chef Omar takes us through "all things eggplant" and how to prepare the eggplant to make a moutabal: Ingredients, cuts and grilling steps.

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Hummus: Part 2

Chef Omar demonstrates the traditional method to prepare moutabal with tahini followed by plating.

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Stuffed Vine Leaves: Part 1

One of the most delicious and popular Middle Eastern starters. Go through all the ingredients required and how to kick off the preparation for this starter.

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Stuffed Vine Leaves: Part 2

Stuffed vine leaves do not come easy. Watch intricacy of rolling and pressing the vine leaves.

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Stuffed Vine Leaves: Part 3

Plate the vine leaves with garnish and recap all the steps to make a great stuffed vine leaf starter.