Salads & MezeEasy
Shepherd's Salad (Çoban Salata)
Finely diced tomato, cucumber, pepper and salt-rubbed onion. Salt it at the very end and the salad won't go watery.
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DessertsMedium
Lemon Semifreddo
An Italian frozen dessert that needs no ice-cream machine: egg yolks cooked over a water bath, lemon and cream. Served in slices.
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DessertsHard
Baklava Slices (Walnut Baklava)
Small baklava slices made with thin yufka layers, walnuts and a light syrup.
Vejetaryen
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DessertsEasy
Sutlac — Turkish Baked Rice Pudding
Burst the rice in its own water before the milk goes in; that is what sets the texture without starch.
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Pastries & BakingMedium
Spinach Gözleme
Thin dough filled with spinach, onion and white cheese, cooked on a griddle or in a pan. If the spinach isn't squeezed dry, the dough tears.
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Pastries & BakingMedium
Turkish Cheese Börek
A tray börek moistened with a milk-and-oil mixture rather than soaked, with the cheese's salt balanced first.
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Reklam
Olive-Oil DishesMedium
Imam Bayildi — Stuffed Aubergines in Olive Oil
The aubergines are softened in the oven rather than deep-fried, and the onions are cooked until sweet. Served warm, never hot.
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Main DishesHard
Sheftalia — Cypriot Caul-Wrapped Kebab
Seasoned lamb wrapped in caul fat and grilled over embers. Despite the name, there is no peach in it: sheftali refers to how the fat is wrapped.
Vejetaryen
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Main DishesMedium
Green Beans with Meat
The beans cook in the meat's own liquid, and the tomato and paste go in only once the beans are halfway tender.
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SoupsEasy
Tarhana Soup
Slaking the tarhana in cold water before it meets heat is what keeps the soup lump-free; the body settles in fifteen minutes.
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SoupsEasy
Turkish Tomato Soup
A smooth tomato soup thickened with cooked-down paste and strained tomatoes rather than flour.
Vejetaryen
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BreakfastEasy
Menemen — Turkish Scrambled Eggs with Tomato
A breakfast pan where the tomato is cooked down first and the eggs go in last. How often you stir decides the texture.
Helal uygun
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BreakfastEasy
Halloumi and Tomato Breakfast Pan
The halloumi is fried on its own before it meets the tomato, and its salt is drawn out in water first.
Vejetaryen
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Salads & MezeEasy
Mediterranean Chickpea Bowl
A cool Mediterranean bowl of chickpeas, cucumber and tomato with lemony olive oil.
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Main DishesMedium
Soya Soslu Sebzeli Tavuk – Soy Sauce Chicken and Vegetable Stir-Fry Recipe
A quick pan dish in which chicken, peppers and carrots meet a glossy soy sauce.
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Main DishesEasy
Mediterranean Lemon Pasta
A quick Mediterranean pasta brightened with lemon zest, tomato and olive oil.
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