Since you’ve been so good all week, we have a few treats up our sleeves to binge on this weekend. Feel like a cooking project? You bet we’ve got the right dish. Want to venture out for a new snack? We've got your back. In need of a social clip to laugh at? Even better!
Hope you’ve got an appetite because here is your weekly serving of what to read, eat, watch and feed this week in the world of the food-obsessed. Just bring yourself.
Read
Adam Liaw travelled to the Zaatari refugee camp, 12km from Syria’s border and met Hassan. Hassan was trained by a chef who also lived in the camp when it was established and ran this sweets shop. A few years ago, the chef passed away in the camp and Hassan took over the business and put into practice all the teachings and skills he had learnt.
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Eat
What if the beloved sesame paste, tahini, could take on the toasty depth of a roasted nut? Well, it can and does.
Meet zhi ma jiang, or roasted sesame paste, an ingredient widely used in Chinese cooking from a sauce addition to noodles, as a salad dressing, or in desserts. It has a deep roasted flavour similar to peanut butter, but with significant sesame punch. Thank you Maillard reaction.
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You can thank tthe Maillard reaction for the extra toastiness. Source: SBS Food
Watch
The Chefs’ Line Season 2
Get around the action for free on SBS On Demand. Recipes, how-to guides and flavourful know-how can all be found on our . Watch as restaurant chefs go up against four home cooks judged by the terrific trio, Dan Hong, Mark Olive and Melissa Leong.
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This weekend might be chilly, so we've got an extra layer you can throw on and it's in the form of this classic chocolate self-saucing pudding recipe sure to keep you cosy and your tastebuds happy as well.
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If nostalgia doesn't warm you up, the pudding sure will. Source: Alan Benson
Trending
We don’t know what’s going on over in Miami but whatever it is, send it our way! File this one under - stressed and impressed.
What in the world?!
Last week: Russian dushpera, Central Asia’s answer to tortellini, filled with a beef/lamb mix.
THE BIG REVEAL
Dushpera
Can you guess this dish? The answer will be revealed in next Friday’s instalment of Weekend Binge.
Hint: it's not noodles. Source: Dragon Beard Candy Sydney
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