"Meatless Monday's" Recipe of the Week - Dukkah

This week's "Meatless Monday's" Recipe of the Week is Dukkah. Dukkah is an Egyptian spice mixture. It's from the PBS website, which has a fantastic variety of recipes.   http://www.pbs.org/food/recipes/




Dukkah

Dukkah is an Egyptian spice mixture.

Ingredients
8 pistachios, shelled
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
2 teaspoons black peppercorns
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
1/2 teaspoon dried mint leaves
1 teaspoon sea salt


Directions
* Add the pistachios to a mortar and pestle and set aside. (Alternatively, you could do this in a food processor or electric spice grinder.)
* To a small skillet, set over medium heat, pour in the sesame seeds and moving the pan continuously, toast until lightly golden brown, about 30 seconds. Transfer to a mortar and pestle and repeat the toasting process with the black peppercorns, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and fennel seeds. Add the dried mint leaves to the mortar and pestle; mash and twist and mash and twist again until the spice mixture is all ground up.
* Take a closer look throughout the spice mixture and be sure to mash up any peppercorns or seeds that are still whole (there will most likely be a few). Transfer to an air-tight container. Dukkah goes well on everything from hummus to scrambled eggs to avocado toast—its applications are truly endless!


http://www.pbs.org/food/recipes/dukkah/