Arabian nights

africanmeat · Jan 17, 2012

I was going to post this as my Throwdown. but Brian told nepas it must be smoked so this one Is out .

Don’t worry it was not wasted the family polish it with flat bread hummus   hot sauce and a coldddd beer.

I made fresh chicken sausage with B pepper

Fresh garlic fresh coriander salt fresh chili .

On a metal skewer I put   chicken thighs with onion

Sprinkle with coriander powder, cumin powder , salt,

And an Moroccan   spice called raus al chanut (the mix of the owner of the shop).

On a hot grill add fresh coriander .

To comfort me my wife made a cherry tart for dessert

thanks for looking

chef jimmyj · Jan 17, 2012

Looks great, I wonder what's in the spice blend...JJ

africanmeat · Jan 17, 2012

Chef JimmyJ said:
Looks great, I wonder what's in the spice blend...JJ

Thanks .each spice shop owner got his one recipe but they use the same spice

cumin, ground

hot red pepper, minced

sweet red pepper, minced

grains of fennel, minced

caraway seeds, ground

coriander, ground

black pepper, minced

white pepper, minced

nutmeg, ground

nutmeg rind, ground

ginger (ginger), minced

turmeric, minced

cloves, ground

cinnamon, ground

powdered roses

moikel · Jan 17, 2012

All you got to do is ask JJ . Ras el Hanout loosely translates as "top of the shop'." The best the spice merchant could come up with Ras means king in Ethiopian.
"subtle curry like with a spicy yet floral fragrance & a robust yet subtle flavour"

Originally contained spanish fly & hashish

but this is the version that wont attract police attention.

Its from Ian Hemphills Spice Notes .

All spices are ground .OK 3 &1/3 tbsp mild paprika ,2&2/3 tbsp each cumin &ginger ,4 tsp coriander 2tsp each of casia & turmeric 1&1/2 tsp fennel seed 1 &1/4 each allspice,green cardamon seed,whole dill seed,galangal,nutmeg & orris root 1/2 tsp each bay leaves,caraway seed,cayenne pepper,cloves,mace,cubeb pepper & brown cardamon. 30 whole saffron stigma.Orris root is from the rhizome of the Florentine Iris ,fine textured like talcum powder aroma distinctly similiar to violets .WHO KNEW.

Now Ian Hemphill is the man in spices here.

It was his fathers business,the book is in top 100 things in your Saveur magazine,etc

.His store is 5 minutes from me. I have seen versions with rose petals & not all of the ingredients listed above. I personally would put fenugreek in it & cayenne. I make a simplified version that I use as a dry rub on chicken because I dont have 30 saffron stigma laying around the house. Im also a bit old for the hashish version & spanish fly lost its allure after viagra got invented.Pity people still believe in rhino horn. Cubeb pepper is a long tailed peppercorn from Asia which I dont think adds much. Go get 'em.

moikel · Jan 17, 2012

I meant bump the cayenne as in add more to late to be typing.Africanmeat is on the $, we have the same ingredient list he posted as I was typing.

sunman76 · Jan 17, 2012

Thats looks great Ahron Thanks for posting it up it is 6:24 am here and i think I could eat that for breakfast...lol

SmokinAl · Jan 17, 2012

It sure looks good Ahron! That might have been a winner.

Congrats to your wife for making that delicious looking tart! It's totally off the charts.

I like those flat skewers your using too.

scarbelly · Jan 17, 2012

Thanks to both of you for sharing the great looking dish and the spice mix

daveomak · Jan 17, 2012

Ahron, morning... That looks so good as does all your food.... I guess that was a good pratice run for the next TD ?? I hope you didn't suffer having to eat it ...

.. I would have helped...

Have a great day... Dave

smokinhusker · Jan 17, 2012

Some awesome looking sausage and chicken. I love the spice mix. Thanks for sharing the info

jrod62 · Jan 17, 2012

looks great !!!!

mballi3011 · Jan 17, 2012

Now I liked that meal there Ahron with or without the throwdown. You have to think about it most of us out here grill alot more then we smoke.

africanmeat · Jan 17, 2012

Moikel said:
All you got to do is ask JJ . Ras el Hanout loosely translates as "top of the shop'." The best the spice merchant could come up with Ras means king in Ethiopian.
"subtle curry like with a spicy yet floral fragrance & a robust yet subtle flavour"

Originally contained spanish fly & hashish

but this is the version that wont attract police attention.

Its from Ian Hemphills Spice Notes .

All spices are ground .OK 3 &1/3 tbsp mild paprika ,2&2/3 tbsp each cumin &ginger ,4 tsp coriander 2tsp each of casia & turmeric 1&1/2 tsp fennel seed 1 &1/4 each allspice,green cardamon seed,whole dill seed,galangal,nutmeg & orris root 1/2 tsp each bay leaves,caraway seed,cayenne pepper,cloves,mace,cubeb pepper & brown cardamon. 30 whole saffron stigma.Orris root is from the rhizome of the Florentine Iris ,fine textured like talcum powder aroma distinctly similiar to violets .WHO KNEW.

Now Ian Hemphill is the man in spices here.

It was his fathers business,the book is in top 100 things in your Saveur magazine,etc

.His store is 5 minutes from me. I have seen versions with rose petals & not all of the ingredients listed above. I personally would put fenugreek in it & cayenne. I make a simplified version that I use as a dry rub on chicken because I dont have 30 saffron stigma laying around the house. Im also a bit old for the hashish version & spanish fly lost its allure after viagra got invented.Pity people still believe in rhino horn. Cubeb pepper is a long tailed peppercorn from Asia which I dont think adds much. Go get 'em.

Moikel said:
I meant bump the cayenne as in add more to late to be typing.Africanmeat is on the $, we have the same ingredient list he posted as I was typing.

Hi Moikel you are right i got his book the spice and herb bible

africanmeat · Jan 17, 2012

sunman76 said:
Thats looks great Ahron Thanks for posting it up it is 6:24 am here and i think I could eat that for breakfast...lol

Thanks it is great for breakfast

africanmeat · Jan 17, 2012

SmokinAl said:
It sure looks good Ahron! That might have been a winner.

Congrats to your wife for making that delicious looking tart! It's totally off the charts.

I like those flat skewers your using too.

Thanks AL i will tell anat . i made the skewers out off Stainless Steel bar

Scarbelly said:
Thanks to both of you for sharing the great looking dish and the spice mix

Thanks Gary i will tell anat

DaveOmak said:
Ahron, morning... That looks so good as does all your food.... I guess that was a good pratice run for the next TD ?? I hope you didn't suffer having to eat it ...

.. I would have helped...

Have a great day... Dave

Thanks Dave sorry but the gang polished the plates

SmokinHusker said:
Some awesome looking sausage and chicken. I love the spice mix. Thanks for sharing the info

Thanks ,

africanmeat · Jan 17, 2012

jrod62 said:
looks great !!!!

Thanks

mballi3011 said:
Now I liked that meal there Ahron with or without the throwdown. You have to think about it most of us out here grill alot more then we smoke.

Thanks , do you really grill more wow i love grilling i grill if the weather allows 3 to 4 times a week mostly chicken

chefrob · Jan 21, 2012

looks great and i'm with ya on the flat bread and hummus!

venture · Jan 21, 2012

I must be in a time warp? I am seeing old posts I never saw?

That is just awesome, Aahron!

Good luck and good smoking.

africanmeat · Jan 22, 2012

chefrob said:
looks great and i'm with ya on the flat bread and hummus!

Thanks Moroccan grill meat with hummus is a marriange from heaven

Venture said:
I must be in a time warp? I am seeing old posts I never saw?

That is just awesome, Aahron!

Good luck and good smoking.

Thanks

chefrob · Jan 22, 2012

africanmeat said:
Thanks Moroccan grill meat with hummus is a marriange from heaven

Thanks

i do an indo/pak chicken tikka on the grll and serve it with naan, hummus, cucumbers and tomatoes................nice and spicy!

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