{"id":5574,"date":"2017-06-01T14:12:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T12:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/?p=5574"},"modified":"2019-07-28T14:15:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T12:15:19","slug":"ashraf-sayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/?p=5574","title":{"rendered":"Ashraf Sayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Executive Sous Chef <\/strong><strong>Semiramis InterContinental Cairo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What\u2019s the best thing about preparing food in Ramadan?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Definitely the spirit of Ramadan, which is infused in everything we prepare and serve during this holy month.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What\u2019s the worst?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would have to say that if the team is not strong when it comes to time management and speed, those two become the main issue, especially during Iftar time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Top tip for a great Iftar&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Keep it simple and delicious.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The greatest Ramadan food adaptation\/creation&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Personally, I\u2019m a fan of fatta with yogurt, because it\u2019s tasty, easy to prepare and light after a long day of fasting.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What do you eat for Sohour?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I stick to the more traditional Sohour items such as foul, yogurt, boiled eggs and lots of water of course.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Recommended Ramadan recipe.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chicken Sharkaseya <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ingredients:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For the Chicken:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1 whole chicken<\/p>\n<p>Carrots<\/p>\n<p>Celery<\/p>\n<p>Salt<\/p>\n<p>Onions<\/p>\n<p>1 green pepper<\/p>\n<p>Cardamom<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For the Sharkaseya Sauce:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>200 g walnuts<\/p>\n<p>300 g white toast (without the edges)<\/p>\n<p>100 g butter<\/p>\n<p>200 g cooking cream<\/p>\n<p>500 g milk<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Method:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boil chicken<\/p>\n<p>Add to the pot: celery, onions, black pepper, salt and cardamom.<\/p>\n<p>When done, divide the chicken into parts.<\/p>\n<p>Soak walnuts in milk along with the toast and butter<\/p>\n<p>Cook on low heat until sauce thickens<\/p>\n<p>Add salt and pepper to the taste<\/p>\n<p>Pour sauce over chicken; serve with a side of white rice and walnuts for garnish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recommended Ramadan recipe.<br \/>\nChicken Sharkaseya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5576,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5574\/revisions\/5576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insight-egypt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}