If I said I was expecting to get back to Bad City after my
first session of extraordinary adventures with a master plan of some kind, I
would be lying; and just as unsurprisingly my head is now sailing its way
through a pretty lake of a million very volatile non-master plans, and the heel
angle of this boat it is on doesn’t look safe one bit, and I wouldn’t stop
shivering with terror if I tried; and in this sort of trans-boundary waters of
being, here goes me splashing around a little (what else can you do), and
fishing out this memory of colourful bowls of bulgur and spices, for me and my
daddy under the fair African sky, then mixing it with picnics on top of a sunny
hill in a land of shiny rivers or streams or creeks or heaven knows, then
folding in some sweetness, with sticky dates from Middle Eastern stores right in
the heart of South London, and Mexican vanilla, via Canada, and delicious
Belgian biscuits and a sprinkle of toasted almonds from, now I know, a
Beautiful Country. And as with most crazy things, the boat heels and heels and
it will either tip over or get you to the shore safe and sound before dark; and
with this one, I think I’ve passed my nautical test a hundred percent: ahoy
sweet biscuity tabbouleh.
SPECULOOS & ALMOND TABBOULEH
150g (1 cup) bulgur wheat
600ml (2 ½ cups) apple juice
80g (1/3 cup) date sugar or unrefined sugar
90g (3.2 oz) speculoos biscuits
40g (1/4 cup) whole almonds
50g (1/2 cup) flaked almonds
100g (1 cup) dates
Cook bulgur in the apple juice and set aside to cool.
Crush speculoos biscuits and mix them with the sugar in a bowl. Toast whole almonds
in a pan over low heat, set aside then toast the flaked almonds. Next chop
dates coarsely and add them to the biscuit mixture together with the toasted
whole almonds. Fluff the bulgur up with a fork, then combine it with the rest
of the ingredients, setting about half of the flaked almonds aside. Place in
small bowls to serve and top with the remaining flaked almonds and extra
speculoos crumbs if you like.
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