Thanks for this wonderful post! I love these recipes! Muhammara has long been a favorite of mine. (The recipe is in my book, Feast from the Mideast.)
Looking forward to making the tofu sandwich (could I substitute tahini for the mayo?) and the other recipes, and am especially excited about your Cake Salé recipe. One question about it - How do you chop dry sun dried tomatoes? The ones I get are too hard to chop with a knife. Do you use a food processor? Also, could this cake be made with all or part whole wheat flour?
Yes, you could make a chipotle tahini sauce instead of mayo, but you'd need to add some lemon, and thin it out with water, which I'm sure you know :)
Re: the cake, I do indeed cut sun-dried tomatoes with a knife. I would not recommend a food processor for this because you might end up with a paste. My suggestion would be to soak the sun-dried tomatoes in warm water for about 10 minutes first, then drain them and pat dry. They should soften enough to chop then.
And yes, you can substitute about a third of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat.
Mmm, I feel like a third is a safe general guideline, but truly it varies based on the recipe. Some baked goods take better to whole wheat than others.
Thanks for this wonderful post! I love these recipes! Muhammara has long been a favorite of mine. (The recipe is in my book, Feast from the Mideast.)
Looking forward to making the tofu sandwich (could I substitute tahini for the mayo?) and the other recipes, and am especially excited about your Cake Salé recipe. One question about it - How do you chop dry sun dried tomatoes? The ones I get are too hard to chop with a knife. Do you use a food processor? Also, could this cake be made with all or part whole wheat flour?
Thank you, Faye!
Yes, you could make a chipotle tahini sauce instead of mayo, but you'd need to add some lemon, and thin it out with water, which I'm sure you know :)
Re: the cake, I do indeed cut sun-dried tomatoes with a knife. I would not recommend a food processor for this because you might end up with a paste. My suggestion would be to soak the sun-dried tomatoes in warm water for about 10 minutes first, then drain them and pat dry. They should soften enough to chop then.
And yes, you can substitute about a third of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat.
Thank you so much, Alex! Yes, I would add lemon and water to the tahini.
Thanks also for the tips on cutting sun-dried tomatoes, and using whole wheat. I using a third whole wheat a general guideline you use?
Mmm, I feel like a third is a safe general guideline, but truly it varies based on the recipe. Some baked goods take better to whole wheat than others.
Thank you so much!