Moroccan Spread

The ultimate Feast! As a cook that makes absolutely everything, along absolutely any culinary, nutritional and gastronomic lines, I can tell you with great authority:  An authentic All or Mostly Moroccan Spread, with all bells and whistles,  is quite often what the hungry crowds will walk miles for; it is what they clamor for, not least because it is so often poorly represented in restaurants, if at all. And of course because it is spectacular. Understated elegance at its best and most wholesome.

Why can’t someone just open a fabulous Kosher Moroccan Restaurant everyone, Kosher or not, will flock to. I so admire the Mom-inspired Magical Moroccan flair International Celebrity Chef Meir Adoni infuses many of his dishes with. If I could think of a Chef perfectly suited for the All-Moroccan-Restaurant mission, then it would be him!

Two Moroccan Spread Menus and Recipes

We hosted these two feasts just two weeks apart. One bog (for forty plus guests, 1 small for eight guests. I am always on a Moroccan Spread kick. Some dishes will overlap, and of course that’s OK! As always when you entertain, a good menu is half the battle

My Niece’s Sheva Brachot.

My niece’s wedding, wedding, the night before, was a tough act to follow (oh boy what a blast!) but I was repeatedly told I did OK for myself with this Moroccan Feast. About 45 guests. 
 

Perfect enhancements to my Moroccan Spread

Let me start by giving kudos to the two services that provided what I did NOT make:
Patis Bakery
The most adorable and scrumptious tiny sourdough multigrain rolls. Patis came right to my neighborhood, with a concession at the hip and laid back Arthouse Hotel Ask me, I know, we’ve been invading the Arthouse Hotel Lobby with our coffee and with Patis heavenly goodies, plopping on their plush couches and chatting until we drop.
Fabulous selection of authentic Moroccan pastries. That cookie with cracks all over it is a spicy walnut cookie, the Moroccan answer to Pfeffernüsse. There’s no way I will make 5-6 kinds of pastries, at about 50 pieces per batch, so getting the perfect assortment in the right numbers is priceless.
 

So here comes Moroccan Spread #1 Menu!

Vegetable Beef Couscous

Rosh Hashanah Menu

Dry Spice Rub Roasted Boneless Chicken Thighs

A pan of food with meat and vegetables in it.

Chopped Liver

chopped liver

Swiss Chard Chickpea Date Tajine

Golden chickpea and spinach curry over rice

Artichoke Salad with Olives and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Artichoke salad

Matbukha

Bowl of chunky roasted red pepper sauce

Roasted Beets with Pomegranate

Quick Pickled Beets Recipe

Fennel Radish Orange Salad

fennel

Moroccan Tomato Salad

Moroccan tomato salad

Eggplant Salad

eggplant salad

Homemade Vegetable Pickles

A bowl of food with some kind of vegetables

Moroccan Potato Pie

potato pie

Patis Sourdough Rolls

A round pastry sitting on top of a wooden board.

Meska Pastries

A wooden tray with different types of food on it.

Mixed Seed Brittle

Tehina cookies

Berry Fruit Salad

A bowl of green vegetables sitting on top of a table.