Taste of Home
This November Break the Silence on Christian persecution in a new way. Taste of Home connects you with Christians displaced & longing for home. Try a recipe from their homeland & share with your community and help.
Whether you host a small get-together with your friends and family or a BIG gathering with your parish, church group, school, colleagues or community – you will be reaching out in love to displaced Christian communities who have been forced to flee their homes.
“Aid to the Church in Need is one of the few charities which realises that people cry out for food for their souls as well as for their bodies” A missionary priest
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Syrian Barazek Cookies
Ingredients:
1 cup (227g) butter softened
2 eggs
1 ¼ cups (160g) icing sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 tsp vinegar
3 cups (384g) plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
1 cup (128g) pistachio roughly chopped
1 cup (128g) sesame seeds
3 tbsp runny honey
UKRAINE: SYRNKY, Cheese pancakes
Ingredients:
15 oz (about 2 cups) farmers cheese, homemade (aka Tvorog) or storebought
4 large eggs
3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus about 1/2 cup more for dredging
3 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp white vinegar
1 cup raisins
2-3 Tbsp extra light olive oil for each batch
HONEY CAKE – Ukraine
Ingredients:
3 large eggs
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup honey
1 cup sour cream
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon, ground
1/2 tsp cloves, ground
1/4 tsp allspice, ground
1 tsp vanilla extract
Chopped nuts (optional)
Powdered sugar (optional)
SRI LANKA: Bibikkan / Sri Lankan Coconut cake
Ingredients:
375 Millilitre Coconut Treacle
200 Grams Grated Coconut
150 Grams Plain Flour
150 Grams Sultanas (Raisins) (Cut in to small pieces)
150 Grams Dates (Cut in to small pieces)
200 Grams Cashew Nuts (Cut in to small pieces)
100 Grams Sugar
50 Grams Butter (Melted)
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence
100 Grams Crystallised Stem Ginger (Cut in to small pieces)
2 Eggs (Beaten)
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Cadamom Pods (Crushed without shell)
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 Teaspoon Nutmeg Powder
1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon Powder
1 Lime Zest (Grated)
NIGERIA: Shakirat's Yam Balls
Ingredients:
For the yam balls
1 yam, peeled and chopped into medium chunks
2 smoked mackerel fillets
Black pepper to taste
Salt to taste
Half a cube of vegetable or chicken stock
150 g of breadcrumbs
1 egg, whisked
Vegetable oil, enough to completely cover the yam balls for deep frying
For the sauce
3 mixed sweet pepper, diced
1 onion, finely diced
2 tbsp tomato puree
Half a cup of sunflower oil (add more if needed)
1 vegetable or chicken stock cube
1 tsp of curry powder
1 tsp of thyme
Black pepper to taste
ETHIOPIA: Ye'abesha Gomen
Ingredients:
10 ounce Collard Greens/Kale chopped
3 or more tablespoons Niter Ethiopian Spiced Butter or cooking oil
1 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger
2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 large white onion chopped
1 teaspoon smoke paprika
½ teaspoon cardamom spice
1 teaspoon coriander/Cumin
1-2 Fresh Chili pepper or ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper or more
1 fresh lemon
Prep: 10mins. Cook: 20mins. Total: 30mins. Serves: 4