I saw a recipe on 177milkstreet.com for a classic Turkish mezze, which I thought could be the basis for a good one-pot Lenten dinner with the addition of cod (or some other seafood) and some good bread. It was in fact very tasty. This recipe is for 4 servings. (In fact, we made 4 servings Read More …
Since we went to Turkey last year, I have kept my eyes open for interesting Turkish recipes and spotted one in The Guardian which seemed promising, and was in fact very good. It consists of a spicy lamb stew on top of a creamy and garlicky base of roasted eggplant and yogurt. This will make Read More …
A very popular street food in Istanbul is mussels stuffed with rice. This is a simpler deconstructed version in which the mussels are put on top of a bed of flavored rice. It is adapted from John Gregory-Smith’s book Turkish Delights and serves 4. (Half it if serving 2 people.) I used frozen NZ mussels Read More …
Looking through my Turkish cookbooks, I spotted a pide which included artichokes in Turkish Delight. Since Carol likes artichokes, I decided to try it, and it was a winner. It made a nice dinner with a salad. The amounts below are for 2 servings: ½ recipe of Pide Dough 3.5 oz. cooked chicken, shredded or Read More …
Pide is the Turkish version of pizza. They have a distinctive shape, which is long and narrow with twisted ends, and look vaguely like a boat. They can have fillings similar to pizza as well as very different fillings. The recipe below is the quantity of dough to make 4 individual pides, each of which Read More …
Since we visited Turkey last month, I have been looking for Turkish recipes to try and I spotted one at www.177milkstreet.com which looked interesting. Essentially it is a form of grantinéed potatoes including yogurt, cheese, and garlic. This recipe will make 6-8 servings and will take about 2 hours to prepare. It was very good. Read More …
A popular Turkish kebab is made from ground lamb. This version is based on a recipe in Turkish Delights. I found that it did not stick together well on our Turkish skewers, so I grilled it with out them. It had a tendency to stick to the grill. Possibly I should have chopped it more Read More …
Usually when I make pitas, I am making a very lean bread. This is the opposite style of flatbread since it is enriched with milk, yogurt and olive oil. This version is adapted from a recipe in a UK YouTube channel “Meliz Cooks”. It makes 6 flatbreads and takes about 2.5 hours. The flatbreads are Read More …
Ezme is a spicy tomato-based Turkish chopped salad or meze. This version was based on a YouTube channel “Meliz Cooks” which is run by a British woman of Turkish-Cypriot descent. In Richmond, the specialty ingredients are generally available at New Grand Mart. (I bought the Aleppo pepper from Amazon.) 15 oz. can diced tomatoes, drained Read More …