Mezze: Hummus, Tahini and More
Six mezze built to service standard: tahini and mutabbal, baba ghanoush, muhammara, tarator, hummus with tatbila and awarma, and fatteh.
Mohamad Orfali
Chef and co-owner, Orfali Bros · Dubai
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What you'll learn
6 Lessons, 53 min total
About this course
A full table of mezze, the small shared plates of the Sham region: Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine. Six lessons build tahini and mutabbal, baba ghanoush, muhammara, tarator, hummus with tatbila and awarma, and fatteh. Smooth hummus comes down to how the chickpeas are cooked and how the tahini is emulsified, and the lesson answers both.
The recipes build on each other, and that is the design. Muhammara is not only a dip; paired with vegetables it becomes Orfali Bayildi. Hummus and tarator are mixed into badweh, and the badweh is what makes fatteh. Six lessons, but the same handful of skills carried into more than one finished plate.
You finish able to set a mezze table rather than plate a single dip: spreads that keep their texture through a service, seasoning judged so the plates sit together, and presentation that reads as one table. The emulsion work carries into Sauces & Emulsification.
"These are the recipes I learned from my mother and grandmother, cooked the same way for generations."
Mohamad Orfali · Culinary Director @ ORFALI BROS BISTRO RESTAURANT
Lessons
6
Video
53 min HD
Recipes
7
Level
Audio
English (VO)
Subtitles
English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
At the end of this course you will be able to
Cook and blend hummus with tatbila and awarma to a smooth, holding texture.
Smoke and drain aubergine for mutabbal and baba ghanoush without a watery result.
Grind a muhammara recipe that keeps its grip instead of turning to paste.
Build tarator, Orfali Bayildi and fatteh as composed plates, not side dishes.
Mezze today, salsa tomorrow.
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Meet your instructor
Mohamad Orfali
Chef and co-owner, Orfali Bros Bistro, Dubai · Opened 2021, a starred kitchen
Mohamad Orfali is a Syrian chef, born in Aleppo, who learned through books, television and kitchen work rather than through formal training. In 2021 he opened Orfali Bros Bistro in Dubai with his brothers Wassim and Omar.
The restaurant holds a star and sits among the Middle East's top-ranked kitchens. He cooks Aleppian tradition through a modern kitchen, which is exactly what this class does with mezze: the same six dishes, held to a standard that survives a full service.
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Who is this course for?
First time or already experienced
First-time and experienced mezze cooks who want texture, seasoning and presentation right.
A table full of character
Cooks who want the chickpea cook, the tahini emulsion and the seasoning behind every dip.
Anyone who wants more from mezze
Hummus, muhammara and baba ghanoush enthusiasts who want more from the classics.
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