North African recipes
22 North African recipes for a home kitchen, from 15 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
30 min
North African · dinner
Harissa-grilled radishes
Whole radishes par-cooked, marinated in harissa and olive oil and charred on the grill until smoky and juicy. A punchy side for kebabs.
30 min
North African · dinner
Harissa shrimp with caraway carrots
Tender carrot coins and quick-seared shrimp tossed in a harissa and lemon dressing with caraway. A North African-style skillet supper with warm spice and bright citrus.
40 min
North African · dinner
Harissa cauliflower and chickpea tray bake
Roasted cauliflower and chickpeas tossed in harissa and lemon. One tray, little washing up.
40 min
North African · dinner
Crispy butterflied trout with chermoula and red pepper sauce
A whole butterflied trout, dried in the fridge for crisp skin, roasted skin-down over high heat and served on charred scallions with a green chermoula on one side and a smoky red pepper sauce on the other.
40 min
North African · dinner
Chermoula cod with roasted carrots
Cod fillets coated in a bright chermoula of lemon, herbs, cumin and paprika roast on one tray alongside caramelized carrot sticks.
40 min
North African · dinner
Chicken with preserved lemon and olives
Chicken thighs simmered with onion, ginger, turmeric, salty green olives and preserved lemon rind, with the sauce reduced until it clings.
40 min
North African · dinner
Lablabi
Tunisian chickpea soup with garlic, cumin and harissa, ladled over stale bread with a soft egg, tuna and capers.
75 min
North African · dinner
Seven-vegetable couscous
Fluffy steamed couscous under a spiced Moroccan stew of root vegetables and chickpeas.
90 min
North African · dinner
Harira
Moroccan Ramadan soup of lamb, lentils, chickpeas and tomato, thickened with flour and finished with herbs and lemon.
120 min
North African · dinner
Chicken basteeya
Moroccan pie of saffron-braised chicken, herbed eggs and cinnamon almonds in crisp phyllo, dusted with sugar.
150 min
North African · dinner
Chicken pastilla
Sweet-savory Moroccan pie of spiced shredded chicken, eggs and almonds in crisp warqa, dusted with sugar and cinnamon.
165 min
North African · dinner
Lamb tagine with apricots
Lamb shoulder slow-braised with ras el hanout, saffron, onions, dried apricots and chickpeas until meltingly tender, finished with almonds and herbs.
240 min
North African · dinner
Ras el hanout braised short ribs
Bone-in short ribs crusted with ras el hanout and garlic, seared hard and slow-braised until spoon-tender, then glazed.
240 min
North African · dinner
Harissa pork shoulder with white beans
Slow-roasted harissa-rubbed pork shoulder over creamy garlicky white beans.
Lunch & snacks
15 min
North African · lunch
Orange and olive salad
Juicy orange slices set against salty black olives, thin red onion and fresh mint.
20 min
North African · lunch
Brik à l'oeuf
Tunisian crisp pastry triangle with tuna, capers, parsley and a runny egg inside.
25 min
North African · lunch
Cumin lemon carrot salad
Tender carrots tossed while warm with cumin, lemon and garlic, then finished with fresh parsley.
45 min
North African · lunch
Zaalouk
Moroccan warm salad of smoky eggplant and tomato cooked with garlic, cumin and paprika.
Breakfast
15 min
North African · breakfast
Tomato & egg breakfast skillet
Eggs baked in a spiced tomato sauce in a skillet, served with toast.
35 min
North African · breakfast
Tomato and pepper shakshuka
Eggs cooked in wells of a spiced tomato and pepper sauce until the whites and yolks are firm.
50 min
North African · breakfast
Tomato and eggplant shakshuka
Eggs poached in a spiced tomato and pepper sauce with roasted eggplant, finished with feta and herbs and served with warm pita.
75 min
North African · breakfast
Msemen
Flaky square Moroccan pancakes made by folding oiled dough, griddled and served with honey-butter.
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