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Mezze board, nine parts
Fatima Aziz
Chef, Beit Zeytoun, Beirut, LB
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Mezze board, nine parts

1 h 30 min total60 min hands-onServes 6Easy

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Nine small things, six of which are made the day before, so the table takes twenty minutes.

WHAT YOU GET

  • The chef's hidden note — the technique no cookbook prints
  • Every component built from scratch, each with its own spec
  • Films on choosing and judging the produce before you buy it
  • Gross and net gram weights for every ingredient, per portion
  • Time and temperature at each stage, as run in the restaurant
  • A photo at every step that can go wrong
  • Substitutions for anything hard to find where you live
  • What usually goes wrong, and what to do about it

Yours for good once bought. Updates from the chef included.

BEFORE YOU BUY

Equipment
Mixing bowls, Large board
Allergens
Milk, Gluten, Nuts
Method
26 steps · 14 photographed · 4 filmed
Components
4 made from scratch
Films
2, 12 min

4 RECIPES INSIDE THIS RECIPE

Each with its own weights, steps and timings

The sauce, the cure, the dough, the dressing — a restaurant makes these itself, and so will you. Every one below is a full sub-recipe: its own ingredient list, its own method, its own yield and shelf life. Nothing says «use shop-bought».

Labneh

Film

Salted yoghurt hung in cloth for a day until it is thick enough to hold the mark of a spoon.

Shop-bought strained yoghurt is still pourable; a day in cloth takes it to a cheese you can spread.

  • Full-fat natural yoghurt000 g
  • Fine sea salt000 g
Steps
5
Time
1 days
Hands-on
15 min

Makes 500 g from 1 kg yoghurt · keeps 1 week refrigerated under oil

Hung 24-36 hours before the board goes out

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Muhammara

Film

A coarse dip of roasted red peppers, walnuts and breadcrumbs, sharpened with pomegranate molasses.

Jarred peppers are packed in brine and taste of vinegar; roasting your own gives the dip its smoke and sweetness.

  • Red peppers000 g
  • Walnuts000 g
Steps
9
Time
1.3 h
Hands-on
25 min

Makes 450 g · keeps 5 days refrigerated

Up to 3 days ahead; it tastes better on day two than on the day it is made

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Pickled turnip

Batons of turnip in a salt-and-vinegar brine, coloured pink by a slice of raw beetroot.

Shop jars are dyed and taste only of vinegar; here the pink is one slice of beetroot and the salt has three days to reach the centre.

  • Turnips000 g
  • Raw beetroot000 g
Steps
6
Time
3 days
Hands-on
25 min

Makes 1 litre jar · ready at day 3, keeps 2 months refrigerated

Three days ahead at the very least; better at a week

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Flatbread

Film

A simple yeasted dough rolled thin and baked hot so it puffs, then stacked in a cloth to stay soft.

Packet flatbread cracks when you scoop; fresh dough puffs and stays pliable, and it is the one warm thing here.

  • Strong white flour000 g
  • Water000 g
Steps
10
Time
2.6 h
Hands-on
45 min

Makes 8 breads of about 90 g · best within 2 hours, freeze 1 month

Dough up to 24 hours ahead in the fridge; bake in the last 20 minutes before the table sits

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WEIGHED

INGREDIENTS

A taste of the list · the rest locked

A few ingredients to show you what the dish is built on. Every one on the full list carries a gross and a net weight per portion, and a note on what you can swap it for where you live.

  • Labneh000 g
  • Muhammara000 g
  • Olives000 g
  • Figs000 g
  • Cured meats000 g
The full list, weighed, unlocks on purchase

WATCH BEFORE YOU SHOP

2 films · 12 min

Most of what goes wrong is decided at the counter, before you cook anything. These are filmed by the chef: what to buy, how to tell it is good, and how to set your own kitchen up for it.

CHOOSING7:00

Choosing olives, cheese and cured meat that work together

TECHNIQUE5:00

Building a board that does not look thrown together

METHOD

STEP BY STEP — 26 STEPS

14 photographed · 4 filmed

Written the way a restaurant writes a technical card: one operation per step, each with its own time and temperature. 14 of the 26 carry a photo of what it should look like at that moment, and 4 carry a short clip for the parts a still cannot show.

Hardest step: timing nine parts to one table — step 16 of 26.

  1. 01

    Read the whole method before you start, then weigh everything out. Every timing below assumes the next ingredient is already within reach.

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  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
  5. 05
  6. 06
  7. + 20 more steps, timed and photographed

WHERE IT USUALLY GOES WRONG

2 things Fatima Aziz watches for every service. You can read what they are right now — the answer to each one comes with the recipe.

  1. 01

    The make-ahead order

    What to do about it
  2. 02

    What must never be made in advance

    What to do about it
The chef's hidden note

The make-ahead order, and what must not be made in advance.

Written by Fatima Aziz. Visible only to people who bought this recipe.

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NOTES FROM THE KITCHENS

26 verified cooks · 85% said it worked

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