Bambalouni

You can taste history in Bambalouni if you know what to look for. Tunisian cuisine is the spiciest of the Maghreb cuisines thanks to the importance of harissa. The boldly spiced and warming character reflects those layers — harissa chilli paste doesn't appear by accident; it came from a specific tra…

Bambalouni rarely gets the international recognition it deserves. The boldly spiced and warming complexity is genuine, not simple, and the technique involved in using tabil coriander spice blend correctly takes real skill. Tunisia is the world's third largest olive oil producer and olive oil underp…

I made Bambalouni for eight guests who had varying familiarity with the cuisine. Every single person asked for the recipe. The deeply savoury profile was the main talking point — no one had quite experienced preserved lemon used that way before. Tunisian cuisine is the spiciest of the Maghreb cuisi…