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Meal sets

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A whole meal built around one main dish: a side, a sauce, an appetizer and a drink. Where a published recipe for the dish suggests what to serve with it, that pairing comes first, quoted with a link. Everything else is our own pick, marked “Our pick”.

Breakfast

Corn tortillas spread with black beans, topped with fried eggs and tomato salsa, with sliced avocado on a dark plate.BreakfastMexican ranch-style breakfastHuevos Rancheros with Refried Black Beans, Ranchero Sauce and Fresh Salsa · Homemade Corn and Flour Tortillas · Olive Oil Refried Beans · Fresh Chunky Guacamole · Cinnamon-Almond Rice Horchata with Lime Zest1 source pairingFour white steamed idli with bowls of sambar and coconut chutney.BreakfastSouth Indian idli breakfastSoft Steamed Rice and Lentil Idli with Coconut Chutney · Mint and Coriander Green Chutney · Vegetable Upma with Cashews and Curry Leaves · Spiced Masala Chai with Ginger and Cardamom1 source pairingTwo poached eggs on a bed of garlic yoghurt drizzled with red chilli butter and herbs, with a torn flatbread beside the bowl.BreakfastTurkish eggs with yogurtPoached Eggs on Garlic Yoghurt with Chilli Butter · Soft Puffed Pita Bread · Simit (Turkish Sesame Bread Rings) · Turkish Kısır Bulgur Salad with Red Pepper Paste · Hot-Brewed Loose-Leaf Tea: Black, Green and Oolong1 source pairingTwo toasted English muffin halves topped with smoked salmon and poached eggs under glossy yellow hollandaise.BreakfastWeekend brunch with eggs RoyaleEggs Royale: Smoked Salmon and Poached Eggs with Lemon Hollandaise · Crispy Shredded Hash Browns · Rainbow Fruit Salad with Lime and Mint · Cappuccino with a Deep Foam CapOur pickA small cast-iron pan of eggs baked in a red tomato and pepper sauce, served with slices of crusty bread.BreakfastShakshuka breakfastSmoky Shakshuka with Feta · Glossy Braided Honey Challah · Strained Yoghurt Labneh with Olive Oil and Fresh Mint · Palestinian Salad (Salata Falahiyeh) · Green Chilli and Coriander Zhug · Fresh-Squeezed LemonadeOur pickA stack of thin lacy blini with a folded blin, soured cream and red jam.BreakfastBlini brunch with gravlaxYeasted Buckwheat Blini with Soured Cream and Jam · Gravlax: Salt, Sugar and Dill Cured Salmon with Mustard-Dill Sauce · Crisp Garden Salad with Honey-Mustard Vinaigrette · Chamomile and Lavender Herbal Infusion with LemonOur pick