Recipe Categories

Moroccan cooking organised the way it is actually eaten — by dish, by main ingredient and by the moment in the day it belongs to.

By dish

Moroccan tagine with its conical clay lid lifted, steam rising from the stew inside

Moroccan Tagines

Slow-cooked stews of meat, vegetables and spices, named after the conical clay pot they are made in.

3 recipes

Mound of steamed Moroccan couscous topped with carrots, turnips, courgette and chickpeas

Couscous

Hand-rolled semolina steamed until light, served under seven vegetables or simply with buttermilk.

1 recipe

Bowl of Moroccan harira soup with chickpeas, lentils and fresh coriander

Moroccan Soups

Harira, bissara and the warming bowls that open a Moroccan meal — especially during Ramadan.

1 recipe

Three small dishes of Moroccan cooked salads with flatbread alongside

Moroccan Salads

Cooked and raw salads served in small dishes — zaalouk, taktouka, carrot salad and more.

3 recipes

Round loaves of Moroccan khobz bread cooling on a cloth

Moroccan Bread

Khobz, batbout and the flatbreads that do the work of a fork at every Moroccan meal.

2 recipes

Plate of Moroccan pastries including chebakia and almond briouat

Moroccan Pastries

Chebakia, briouat, kaab el ghzal — almond, honey and orange blossom in every bite.

3 recipes

Moroccan orange and cinnamon dessert salad in a shallow dish

Moroccan Desserts

Fruit, cream, semolina and rosewater — the lighter sweet end of a Moroccan meal.

3 recipes

Moroccan mint tea poured from a silver teapot into a decorated glass

Moroccan Drinks

Mint tea, avocado smoothies, almond milk and the drinks poured all day long.

2 recipes

Moroccan main dishes served together on a patterned table

Main Dishes

The centrepiece dishes of the Moroccan table — tagines, couscous, roasts and pastilla.

5 recipes

By main ingredient

Moroccan chicken with preserved lemon and green olives in a serving dish

Chicken Recipes

Preserved lemon, olives, chermoula and saffron — chicken the Moroccan way.

2 recipes

Moroccan beef tagine with prunes, sesame seeds and almonds

Beef & Lamb Recipes

Slow-cooked shoulder, kefta, prunes and almonds — the richest corner of Moroccan cooking.

3 recipes

Moroccan vegetable dishes with chickpeas, aubergine and peppers

Vegetarian Recipes

Morocco's meat-free repertoire is enormous — vegetables, pulses, bread and spice.

9 recipes

By occasion

Moroccan breakfast spread with msemen, baghrir, honey, olives and mint tea

Moroccan Breakfast

Msemen, baghrir, harcha and the sweet, buttery start to a Moroccan morning.

3 recipes