Claudia Roden: 20 of her best recipes from a 50-year career

A celebration of maybe our best meals author. However methods to decide simply 20 recipes from a stellar profession of greater than 50 years. Some select themselves: definitive rooster soup from The Ebook of Jewish Meals; important orange and almond cake from A New Ebook of Center Japanese Meals. However right here, too, are apple latkes, tarte pissaladière, roast rooster with couscous, raisin and almonds. There’s white haricot beans with clams from Spain, fish soup with saffron from the south of France, kofte kebab from Turkey. Even an ideal lemon tart from her newest e book, Med. Only a taster from the wondrous world of Claudia Roden.

Roast rooster with couscous, raisin and almond stuffing (pictured above)

The stuffing has equal star billing with the rooster right here

Hen soup

Hen soup. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

This traditional, comforting soup is on the coronary heart of any conventional Jewish meal

Pan-cooked fish with chermoula

Pan-cooked fish with chermoula. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

The new, spicy marinade is ideal with each form of fish – fried, baked, grilled

Vegetable couscous

Vegetable couscous. Photograph: Susan Bell

A traditional vegetable dish given additional zing by a spicy Moroccan “jam”

Hen and onion ‘pies’ with Moroccan flavours

Hen and onion ‘pies’ with Moroccan flavours. Photograph: Susan Bell

A tackle b’stilla, the Moroccan pigeon pie, utilizing rooster and puff pastry

Potatoes with chorizo

Potatoes with chorizo. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

This comforting dish is the style of Spain’s Rioja area in a pan

Kofte kebab with tomato sauce and yoghurt

Kofte kebab with tomato sauce and yoghurt. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

A Turkish traditional – properly well worth the effort of assembling

Birds’ tongues – lissan al assfour

Birds’ tongues. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

An Egyptian lamb stew with Italian orzo pasta

Roast stomach of pork with baked apples

Roast stomach of pork with baked apples. Photograph: Jason Lowe

Asturias, within the north of Spain, is the inspiration for this twist on a traditional roast

Fish soup with saffron and cream

Fish soup with saffron and cream. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

Saffron provides a contact of luxurious to this southern French dish

Pink pepper and tomato salad

Pink pepper and tomato salad. Photograph: Susan Bell

Including boiled lemon offers this salad additional oomph

White haricot beans with clams

White haricot beans with clams. Photograph: Jason Lowe

A style of the Atlantic on this Cantabrian seafood dish

Aubergine fritters with honey

Aubergine fritters with honey. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

A candy and savoury deal with from Córdoba

Pasta with black olive paste

Pasta with black olive paste. Photograph: Jason Lowe

As this dish is powerful in flavour it really works finest as a starter

Tarte pissaladière

Tarte pissaladière. Photograph: Susan Bell

An irresistible tart, candy with onions and salty with anchovies

Konafa

Konafa. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

A flexible Center Japanese pastry that may have a wide range of fillings

Apple latkes

Apple latkes. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

A French model, from Alsace, made with apples macerated in brandy

Lemon tart

Lemon tart. Photograph: Susan Bell

An intensely lemony dessert cooked to a Parisian recipe

Honey cake – lekach

Honey cake. Photograph: Romas Foord/The Observer

A lovely cake with a protracted historical past

Orange and almond cake

Orange and almond cake. Photograph: Jean Cazals/The Observer

A scrumptious deal with with Mediterranean/Center Japanese origins

Some recipes have been up to date by the writer