7 Ottolenghi Summer Recipes Featuring Pomegranate, Fava Beans, and More

What does Yotam Ottolenghi cook at home? Za'atar roast chicken, fried eggplant salad, and much more.

August 4, 2014

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What does Yotam Ottolenghi cook at home? Za'atar roast chicken, fried eggplant salad, and much more. Check out these 7 summer recipes, and learn more about how Ottolenghi cooks.

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Za’atar Roast Chicken with Green Tahini Sauce
Because of the brothy marinade, the skin won’t get as crisp as with other roast chickens, but the flesh will be so tender, you’ll want to eat it with your hands.
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Haricots Verts and Freekeh with Minty Tahini Dressing
This is what ranch dressing would taste like if it spent a few months traipsing through the Middle East.
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Fried Eggplant, Tomato, and Cucumber Salad
Eggplant is like a sponge. Salting it draws out moisture and firms up the flesh, and deep-frying ensures it cooks evenly until creamy throughout. Worth your time.
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Rice Salad with Fava Beans and Pistachios
Not your ordinary side of rice. Two types means more textures to layer with crunchy nuts and tender beans.
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Parsley, Red Onion, and Pomegranate Salad
Yes, you can treat parsley as a salad green, as long as your bunch isn’t woody. Sweet molasses and tart sumac make it vibrant.
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Tomato, Onion, and Roasted Lemon Salad
Sugared, roasted lemons are edible from rind to flesh and give this salsa-like mix a bracing jolt of sourness.
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Strawberry Pomegranate and Rose Petal Mess
Use store-bought meringues and skip the first step, if you prefer.
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Yotam Ottolenghi is a seven-time New York Times best-selling cookbook author who contributes to the New York Times Food section and has a weekly column in The Guardian. His Ottolenghi Simple was selected as a best book of the year by NPR and the New York Times; Jerusalem, written with Sami Tamimi, was awarded Cookbook of the Year by the ... Read More

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