Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love

by Noor Murad, Yotam Ottolenghi

recipes

That one shelf in the back of your pantry

• (One jar of) butter beans with preserved lemon, chilli and herb oil 15
• Hawaij onion and chickpea soup with cheesy toast 16
• Creamy dreamy hummus 20
• Pita 23
• Cheesy polenta and tomato sauce 24
• Green cannellini and tahini 27
• Za'atar parathas with grated tomato 28
• Chickpea mayo 32
• Chaat masala chickpea and polenta chips 32
• Yellow split pea purée with buttered onions and caper salsa 34
• Savoury oat porridge with ginger-garlic crumbs 36
• Tamarind, greens and mung beans with turmeric oil 38
• Soda bread with figs, star anise and orange 41
• Yoghurt rice with chana dal and curry leaf oil 42
• Ixta's biang biang noodles with tahini-soy sauce 44
• Very giant giant couscous cake with pepper sauce 48
• Black lime beef skewers with sumac onions 52
• Sesame-crusted feta with black lime honey syrup 54
• Tabbouleh fritters with quick chilli sauce 56
• Spiced semolina with sweetcorn, peanuts and coriander 59

Your veg box

• Green herb bagna cauda and crudités 64
• Not-your-average tomato salad 67
• Smooshed carrots with coriander-pistachio pesto and pickled onions 68
• (All the) herb dumplings with caramelised onions 70
• Spiced mashed aubergine and peas 72
• Grilled courgettes with warm yoghurt and saffron butter 75
• Roasted pepper salad with cucumber and herbs 76
• Roasted potatoes with aioli and buttered pine nuts 78
• Summer courgettes with tomatoes and ricotta 81
• Burnt aubergine, tomato and tahini 83
• Sweet potato shakshuka with sriracha butter and pickled onions 84
• Grilled bread with tomato and fried garlic 86
• Butternut squash with orange oil and burnt honey 91
• Lime and poppy seed slaw with curry leaf oil and turmeric cashews 92
• Fennel and courgette salad with preserved lemon dressing 95
• Grilled confit parsnips with herbs and vinegar 96
• Brussels sprout and parmesan salad with lemon dressing 99

Who does the dishes

• Confit tandoori chickpeas 105
• 5-a-day toad-in-the-hole with mushroom gravy 106
• Spicy pulled pork vindaloo 110
• Baked orzo puttanesca 114
• Berbere spiced chicken, carrots and chickpeas 117
• Za'atar salmon and tahini 119
• Chickpeas cacio e pepe 120
• One-pan crispy spaghetti and chicken 122
• Braised beef short ribs with butter beans and figs 124
• Sweet spiced mushroom and rice pilaf 127
• Charred tomatoes, onions and peppers with feta and harissa pine nuts 128
• Sticky sweet and sour plums and sausages 131

Fridge raid

• Kale pesto strata with Gruyère and mustard 136
• M.E. mac 'n' cheese with za'atar pesto 140
• Magical chicken and parmesan soup with pappardelle 143
• Celebration rice with lamb, chicken and garlic yoghurt 144
• Smoky, creamy pasta with burnt aubergine and tahini 146
• Fish koftas in ancho chilli and tomato sauce 149
• Smoky marinated feta 150
• Mediterranean-style fried rice with anchovy lemon dressing 153
• Tomato and courgette loaf with spiced tomato chutney 154
• Rice koofteh in spiced tomato sauce 156
• Herby cabbage and potato gratin with Gruyère and ricotta 158
• Spiced butternut mash with pancake omelettes (pomlettes) 163
• Beyond potato salad 165
• Any grilled veg with mustard and Parmesan dressing 166
• Cream of tomato soup with buttery onions and orecchiette 169
• Gnocchi with sumac onions and brown butter pine nuts 170

The freezer is your friend

• Curried cauliflower cheese filo pie 179
• Peas, tahini and za'atar 182
• Cobb salad with mango and lime dressing 184
• Braised green beans with tomato, cardamom and garlic 188
• Vampire-slaying toum 190
• Buckwheat-battered fish with toum and pickled chillies 193
• Broad bean and herb salad with toum 195
• (That one bag of) mixed veggies and potato fritters with harissa 196
• Creamed corn stuffed peppers with pickled jalapeños 199
• Greens and chermoula potato pie 200
• Skillet berries, bread and browned butter 204

At the very end

• Carrot cake sandwich cookies 212
• Funky faloodeh 214
• Coconut dream cake 216
• Upside-down lemon, maple and vanilla pudding with lemon-maple butter 218
• Frozen berries for little humans 222
• Verena's road trip cookies 224
• Chocoflan 226
• Muhallabieh with burnt honey orange syrup, kataifi and pistachio sugar 230
• Cheesy fruity stromboli 232
• Almond, barberry and orange brittle with Aleppo chilli 236
• Sticky miso bananas with lime and toasted rice 240