Anonimo Andaluz / Kitab al-Tabikh
- Year
- ms
- Era
- Undated
- Origin
- Andalusia · Middle East
- Language
- Arabic
- Category
- Middle East
The Kitāb al-Ṭabīkh, often called the Anonimo Andaluz, is an anonymous thirteenth-century Arabic culinary manuscript compiled in al-Andalus. It gathers several hundred recipes spanning meats, fish, vegetables, breads, sweets and preserves, drawn from both Andalusi and broader Maghrebi and Mashriqi traditions. As one of the principal surviving witnesses to medieval Islamic cookery in the western Mediterranean, it remains an indispensable source for the gastronomic history of Muslim Spain.
Cooking from this book
Tharid
Signature dishTharid is a humble dish of meat broth poured over torn flatbread, beloved across the medieval Islamic world and given particular prominence in this thirteenth century Andalusi compilation. The manuscript records numerous variations, layering bread with stewed lamb, chickpeas, and aromatic spices. Its inclusion reflects the book's character as a bridge between courtly Andalusi cookery and the wider Arab culinary tradition, where tharid carried both everyday comfort and considerable cultural prestige.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
