PREPARATION METHOD

INGREDIENTS

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PALESTINIAN RECIPES

Rooted in time& tradition

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PREMIUM‘OM AL-FAHEM’

ALMONDSLarge creamy almonds

for snacking and cooking

Total time required:60 minutes Serves 4

Put the vinegar, onion and dates in a small bowl. Add a pinch of salt and mix well with your hands. Leave to marinate for 20 minutes, thendrain out any residual vinegar and discard.

Meanwhile, heat the butter and half the olive oil in a medium frying pan. Add the pitta and almonds and cook them on a medium heat for 4-6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the pitta is crunchy and golden brown.

Remove from the heat and mix in the sumac, chilli and ¼ teaspoon of salt. Set aside to cool

When you are ready to serve, toss the spinach leaves with the pita mix in a large mixing bowl. Add the dates and red onion, remaining olive oil, lemon juice and another pinch of salt.

Taste for seasoning and serve immediately.

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1 tbsp white winevinegar

½ medium red onion,thinly sliced

100g pitted Medjouldates, quarteredlengthways

30g unsalted butter

2 tbsp Fairtradeolive oil

2 small pittas, 100g,roughly torn into 4cmpieces

75g whole Fairtradealmonds, roughlychopped

2 tsp sumac

½ tsp flaked chilli

150g baby spinachleaves, washed

2 tbsp lemon juice

Salt

Baby Spinach with Fairtrade almonds and Medjoul dates

(Adapted from Jerusalem: A Cookbook by

Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi)

In this mouthwatering recipe from chefs Sami Tamimi

and Yotam Ottolenghi, the succulence of dates beautifully

complements the crunchy almond and pitta mixture.

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Zaytoun’s dates are the sweet and

succulent Medjoul variety, grown in the

sunshine of the Jericho valley. Medjoul

dates are known as the “king of dates”

because of their large size, superior taste

and nutritional benefits. Rich in iron and

potassium, and easily digested, Medjoul

Dates are popular with athletes and there

is evidence that they are of great benefit

to pregnant women and nursing babies.

Involving a complex and labour intensive

farming process, Dates are amongst the

world’s oldest cultivated fruits and have

been indigenous to Palestine for

millennia.

PALESTINIAN RECIPESZaytoun’s Dates and Almonds

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From the delicate pink blossoms in the

spring, through the rich velvety green of

the young nuts, to the ripe golden harvest

in July – Palestine’s almond trees lend

colour and beauty to the terraced hillsides.

These Om al – Fahem almonds are named

after the town where farmer Hassan Asa’ad

first planted this particular type of almond

tree with its sweet flavoursome nut.

Almonds have long been grown in Palestine,

and harvesting them is a family affair.

We celebrate the sun-drenched beauty and

taste of Palestine captured in our Fairtrade

almonds, knowing that the families that

tend their trees through the year are

guaranteed a fair price for their work, and

an opportunity to sell their harvest.