Moroccan Food Archives

Moroccan bendy cucumber salad with oregano in grated and sliced form

Armenian Cucumber Salad with Oregano – Moroccan Feggous Salad

This refreshing chilled salad with Armenian cucumbers is flavored with oregano. Orange juice and orange flower water are optional.

A square-shaped serving of tiramisu, an Italian dessert made by layering coffee-dipped ladyfingers with a mascarpone cream cheese mixture. The top of the dessert is heavily dusted with cocoa powder.

Tiramisu Recipe with Homemade Mascarpone

A fabulous alcohol-free version of tiramisu that’s rich, decadent and not too sweet. Use store bought or homemade mascarpone; instructions included.

Moroccan Pomegranate Juice

Try this easy, refreshing and healthy pomegranate juice. In Morocco we like to add a splash of orange flower or rose water.

Overhead view of a wooden salad bowl filled with Caesar salad: crisp green romain lettuce topped with homemade croutons and shaved Parmesan cheese. Large wooden salad spoon and fork are resting in the bowl.

Caesar Salad Recipe with Homemade Croutons

Learn to make a classic Caesar salad like those made tableside in restaurants. Easy homemade Caesar salad dressing and crouton recipes.

Moroccan petite fekkas with chermoula on a plate. They are bite-sized savory cookies which are baked twice like biscotti.

Moroccan Petite Fekkas with Chermoula – Fkikssate b’Chermoula

These bite-sized savory biscuits get their flavor from chermoula, a classic Moroccan marinade. A crunchy, satisfying snack or tea time nibble.

Moroccan almond ghrieba or macaroon on a plate. The cookies are chewy in texture with cracks on the surface. They are dusted with powdered sugar.

Moroccan Almond Macaroon – Mlewza or Ghrieba d’ellouz

I have yet to meet anyone who can resist the unbelievable chewiness of these Moroccan almond macaroons, a type of ghrouiba or ghrieba. And I have yet …

Two roasted chickens sit side-by-side on a serving platter. They are trussed and garnished with chermoula marinade and strips of preserved lemon skin. The chickens are surrounded by an onion sauce with chicken liver and green olives.

Moroccan Roasted Chicken with Preserved Lemon, Olives and Onion Sauce

A m’qualli style roast chicken with preserved lemon and olives. Plan ahead because this wonderful dish requires overnight marinating for best flavor.

Moroccan fekkas with almonds and raisins. on a plate

Moroccan Fekkas with Almonds and Raisins – Fekkas Msseoues

Fekkas or fakkas is a famous twice-baked Moroccan cookie very much like biscotti. In Morocco we find them in different shapes and sizes and with different additions. …

A small bowl full of juicy pomegranate seeds. A few seeds are scattered around the base of the bowl and a whole unopened pomegranate is in the background.

Moroccan Style Pomegranate Seeds

Pomegranate seeds are juicy, nutritious, and extra delicious with the Moroccan additions of orange flower water and cinnamon. Moroccans are most likely to serve this …

Image showing several wedges of pomegranate; the bright red seeds are exposed but still trapped in membrane. Several whole pomegranates are in the background. A single whole walnut rests beside a small pile of pomegranate seeds.

How to Seed a Pomegranate

If your family likes to eat pomegranate seeds by the bowlful, as do many Moroccans, removing and cleaning the seeds can be a bit of …