Country Day

I didn't care for these cookies and they were hard to make so I threw away the recipe. I can't find it again online. Here is a picture of them though.

Moroccan Chicken Tagine

Mamool (Middle East butter cookie)

Katie was invited to participate in Country Day, a home school event. Info at http://www.countrydaynyc.org/. Looked like a lot of fun. We needed to bring a dish to share from the origin of focus for that day, the Middle East and North Africa. I made a dish to take, Moroccan Chicken Tagine, and also come cookies. At the last minute I decided that I didn't feel up to the challenge of taking Katie, Lilly, the buggy, a box of cookies, and the croc pot on a crowded subway and going all the way to the event. There is always walking involved, even if we take the subway most of the way. Anyone who has tried to transport a crocpot full of food knows how difficult it is to keep if from tipping and spilling. How would you do this on a subway and a long walk?! We may try again next month with an easier dish to transport. Here are the recipes and pictures. We had the tagine for dinner and it was actually really good. I didn't care to much for the cookies but Kevin and Lilly liked them.

Tagine

Cook all ingrediants together in croc pot. (I did on stove in a soup pot.) 3 pounds of chicken (I used breasts I had already cooked), 2 cups broth, 14 ounce can of diced tomatoes with the juice, 2 chopped onions, 1 cup chopped dried apricots, 4 cloves garlic, 2 teaspoons cumin, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ginger, 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper.

I served it like this. See picture above.

The recipe says to remove the chicken. Combine 2 Tablespoons flour and 1 Tablespoon water and add to soup. Stir in and add a 15 ounce can of chickpeas that have been drained and rinsed. Cook until the sauce is thick. Serve the sauce over the chicken.

Mamool

These were pretty good and fun to make. I made them large to fit the filling in. You may be able to make smaller cookies.

Mix 3 cups flour, 1 cup farina (I used cream of wheat), 1 cup sugar, 1 Tablespoon almond extract, 1 1/2 cup melted butter, and 1 Tablespoon milk. Knead dough.

Filling: 2 cups ground walnuts (We smooshed regular walnuts with a hammer), 1/4 cup sugar, 1 Tablespoon almond extract, 2 Tablespoon melted butter

Form dough into small patties. Cup the dough in your hand and fill with 1 Tablespoon ( mine didn't hold nearly that much) . Close the dough tightly around the filling. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly brown. Sprinkle with powder sugar (I forgot to do this.)

I am posting this on Thanksgiving but the event was actually a week or so ago. The website is really nice if you have time I suggest checking it out. We are so fortunate to have these resources available for home school families.