Recipe Ideas for your Never Not Eating Spice Blends — Chraime RSS



Çilbir - Turkish Eggs

The Stuff: Yogurt Spread: 1 cup Greek yogurt, at room temperature 1 clove garlic ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste (Optional) 1 teaspoon Never Not Eating Chraime 2 ½ tablespoons finely chopped fresh dill, or to taste Urfa Biber Butter: ½ stick unsalted butter 1 tablespoon Urfa Biber chilli or Aleppo chilli flakes ½ teaspoon smoked paprika ¼ teaspoon ground cumin Za'atar Oil: 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1 tablespoon Never Not Eating Za'atar 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 pinch salt  Poached Eggs: 1 tablespoon white vinegar, or as needed 4 large eggs 1 pinch sea salt The Method: Make yogurt spread: Place yogurt in a medium bowl and grate in garlic; mix to combine. Season with pepper, salt, and Never Not Eating Chraime. Add dill and mix thoroughly. Set aside at room temperature. Make Ufra Biber butter: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; heat until bubbles begin to burst....

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Devilled Chraime Egg Salad

 The Stuff: 12large eggs 1/4cup chopped green onion 1/2cup chopped celery 1/2cup chopped red bell pepper 1/3cup mayonnaise 2tablespoons Dijon mustard 1tablespoon cider, white wine, or sherry vinegar 1 tablespoon Never Not Eating Chraime 1/4teaspoon Tabasco or other hot sauce (more or less to taste) 1/2teaspoon paprika (more or less to taste) 1/2teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (more or less to taste) 1/4teaspoon kosher salt (more to taste) The Method:  The easiest way to make hard boiled eggs that are easy to peel is to steam them. Fill a saucepan with 1 inch of water and insert a steamer basket. (If you don't have a steamer basket, that's ok.) Bring the water to a boil, gently place the eggs in the steamer basket or directly in the saucepan. Cover the pot. Set your timer for 15 minutes. Remove eggs...

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Chraime Burger Sauce

The Stuff: 1 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoon ketchup 2 tablespoon yellow mustard 8 slices kosher dill pickle 1 tablespoon Never Not Eating Chraime Splash of white vinegar or pickle juice  The Method: Combine all ingredients in a countertop blender jar or food processor, and blend on high until smooth, scraping down sides of blender with rubber spatula as necessary Blend for 30 seconds to 1 minute Transfer sauce to an airtight container and refrigerate until ready to use

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Chraime Roasted Eggplant

This one comes from our brilliant friend Chef Christine Flynn. You should follow her on Instagram for great food inspiration:  https://www.instagram.com/christineanneflynn/ The Stuff: 1 large eggplant 1/4 cup olive oil + more for serving 2 tbs Never Not Eating Chraime 1 tsp salt Crusty bread and burrata or fresh mozzarella, for serving (optional, but also not really) The Method: Preheat the oven to 425 Peel and score the eggplant, and brine for 20 min in salt water Rub eggplant with 1/4 cup oil, 2 tbs Never Not Eating Chraime and 1 tsp salt Roast for 1 hr 20 min. Remove from oven, drizzle with more olive oil and your favourite vinegar (sumac vinegar is great!). Serve with crusty bread and...

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Moroccan Chraime Fish Balls

The Stuff:  For the fish balls: 350g white fish, finely diced (I prefer cod or red snapper) 1 medium onion, finely diced 1 egg 3 tbs olive oil a handful of chopped cilantro a handful of chopped parsley 1 tbs Never Not Eating Chraime spice 1 tsp salt 2 tbs bread crumbs a pinch of baking powder For the sauce: 2 large red peppers, sliced into 10 strips 1 green chili, chopped 1 garlic clove, finely sliced 4 fresh, large tomatoes, finely diced 4 Tbsp tomato paste 1/2 tsp sugar salt black pepper 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1 Tbsp sweet paprika 1 lemon, deseeded and chopped into tiny cubes olive oil 3 cups water The Method: Mix all the ingredients for...

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