Moroccan Chermoula Marinade

Name: Moroccan Chermoula Marinade
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 150 ml.
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cumin seed; 1 tablespoon coriander seed; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (or a 10cm stick cinnamon); 3 garlic cloves, chopped; 6 parsley sprigs, finely chopped (thick sprigs); 6 coriander sprigs, finely chopped (cilantro, thick sprigs); 2 teaspoons ground sumac (or zest of 1 large lemon); 1 tablespoon mild paprika; 2 tablespoons honey; 3 tablespoons light olive oil; 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

Submitted by DailyInspiration

"Chermoula is an ancient, but fashionable marinade, which varies in ingredient content from one Moroccan kitchen to the next."

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photo by Jostlori

Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 150 ml.

ingredients

1 tablespoon cumin seed
1 tablespoon coriander seed
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon (or a 10cm stick cinnamon)
3 garlic cloves, chopped
6 parsley sprigs, finely chopped (thick sprigs)
6 coriander sprigs, finely chopped (cilantro, thick sprigs)
2 teaspoons ground sumac (or zest of 1 large lemon)
1 tablespoon mild paprika
2 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons light olive oil
1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

directions

Heat a frying pan and dry-fry the cumin and coriander seeds with the cinnamon until aromatic. Grind with a pestle and mortar, or in a spice grinder. Then either put all the ingredients in a blender and whiz them up, or pummel the whole lot in the pestle and mortar, adding one ingredient at a time in the above order. Keeps well, refrigerated for a week.

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Reviews

It's no surprise this is my favorite recipe. What was a surprise was the addition of honey! I used local honey and as others mentioned the sweetness balances nicely with the spices. We served the chermoula on baguetts slices, pita crisps and as a scrambled egg topping. Loved this version! Prepared for the FYC tag game.

COOKGIRl
Mmmmm, great taste in a jar. I mixed it into ground beef yesterday along with some cracker crumbs and an egg to make some wonderful meatballs. I really like that it doesn't make a quart, it's so easy and made with things that I usually have in store. We have a keeper

Annacia
Great marinade! I was able to buy sumac at a great spice store while on vacation and then I set out to find a recipe for it. I'm glad to have found this one. The marinade is easy to make. I used my spice grinder. I made this so my kids could use it on grilled chicken. They said it tasted great and especially loved the honey. I did sneak a taste of it (without the chicken) and thought it was tasty. I'll be making this again. Thanks! Made for the Soup-A-Stars of ZWT9

LifeIsGood
Wowzah!!! This is good! The honey provides a sweetness that offsets the strong spices in this "marinade". It was so good that I'm ashamed to admit how I ate some of this. :) After taste testing, I got out some cream cheese and crackers and had this marinade over that. Couldn't stop. Yum! Hopefully there's enough to glaze some oven-fried chicken wings for lunch tomorrow! Thanks for posting! Made for ZWT9 Spice it Up challenge.

Jostlori