Straight to the recipe Just like the Arabian meatballs, these pasties were presented at the opening of the exhibition of SidracĀ in 2006. The pasties are stuffed with eggplant from theĀ Anonymous Andalusian Cookery book, and spinach from theĀ KitÄb al-Å¢abÄ«kh-al-BaghdadÄ«. Both cookbooks date from the thisrteenth century. More on the Andalusian cookbook can be read at the…
aubergine
Arab meatballs with aubergines
Straight to the recipe During the caliphate of the Abbasides (749-1258 AD) the Arab cuisine was at its prime. In its heydays the Caliphate spread from modern Tunesia to India.Ā The culinary arts were highly regarded. Poets composed works on their favorite dishes, cookbooks were dedicated to the caliphs. There were also scientific works on the…
Aubergines in aubergine sauce
This recipe for aubergines (eggplants) with aubergine sauce was chosen because of the possible connection with an Arab recipe with aubergines. It is from an Italian cookbook from the end of the fifteenth century that has been published by Terence Scully asĀ The Neapolitan recipe collection. ‘Cuoco Napoletano’Ā (see bibliography). The Southern part of Italy has been…