Have been lazy in the Toronto heat all week-end after returning from holiday in Lebanon. Our tour could easily have been a Food Network special on the drinks of Lebanon, impossible not to drink constantly with sun beating down on us. A's favourite was jallab, a sweet concoction of date & rose syrup served over ice and finished with nuts. Fresh lemonade was always spiked with a splash of orange blossom water - a new revelation. Post dinner, a hot and humid Toronto evening, too hot for dessert, but wanting something a little sweet - the perfect time to recreate the lemon iced mint drink that was one of my favourites, purchased at a Beiruti sidewalk cafe.
Jallab – with inspiration from a cafe in Byblos
3 tbsp jallab syrup (available at Middle
Eastern supermarkets)
250 ml water
4 or 5 ice cubes
Pistachios or pine nuts
(for a slushie, puree the syrup, ice and water)
Serves 1
Lemon Mint Iced Drink - with inspiration from a Rue Hamra cafe, Beirut
Lemon Gelato - 1/2 pint
Juice of one lemon
7 or 8 ice cubes
handful of fresh mint
1/2 cup cold water
Puree all together in blender
Serves 2
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