The Kitchen

The chicken is killed and split open, and one begins by drawing out its bones from the back; then it is washed in cold water. Two and a half uqiyyas of meat are brought and pounded together with grated lemon rind, salt, nutmeg, allspice, and the white of one egg — also Aleppo pistachios. The chicken is stuffed with this, on condition that its shape be preserved; then it is wrapped in a piece of cloth and tied well; finally it is put on the fire with the bones to boil.

Meat: two uqiyyas.
Artichokes: 10.
Lemons: 2.

Method

All the leaves are taken off until only the tender leaves remain, and each one is cut into four pieces and put in a vessel of water, lemon juice, and salt, so that it will not blacken. The meat is cut up, an onion is put with it, and it is fried on the fire in ghee.

The Sauce

Flour is put with the ghee, and lemon is squeezed over it so that the stuffing may thicken.

Macaroni: two and a half uqiyyas.
Flour: 14 spoonfuls.
Ghee: half an uqiyya.
Milk: three and a half uqiyyas, and a quarter uqiyya of kashkawan cheese.

Method

The macaroni is boiled in boiling water with salt; then the sauce is prepared, that is: half an uqiyya of ghee, with flour and salt, and the milk poured over it gradually. The stirring, and the sprinkling of the cheese, must be constant. The macaroni is taken off the fire when it is done.

Fish: 6 uqiyyas.
Red cheese: half an uqiyya.
Milk: 4 uqiyyas.
Flour: two spoonfuls.
Ghee: two spoonfuls.

The fish is flaked and boiled with a little salt, then put in a mold, and it is sprinkled over the top; and it is washed in cold water and put in the mold with the cheese, with the sauce on its surface, and it goes into the oven.

The grated cheese, layer after layer, and likewise the sauce prepared from the milk, the flour, and the ghee: they are mixed well and poured over the surface of the fish, and it is put in the oven until its top browns.

Flour: 6 cups.
Sugar: a cup and a half.
Eggs: 3.
Ghee or Végétaline: one cup.
Cognac: two teaspoons.
Bicarbonate: a quarter teaspoon, mixed in half a cup of water.
Cinnamon: half a teaspoon.

Method

The ghee is taken and beaten well until it turns white; then the sugar is added to it and beaten also, and likewise the eggs and the cinnamon; then the flour, the cinnamon, and the bicarbonate with the water are added, and it is kneaded well. Then each cake is shaped by itself, coated with the sesame made ready, placed in a pan sprinkled with flour, and baked.