Seasonal food and seasonal eating is a huge part of our life in Turkey and was one of the main elements that excited us about starting a life here. Even now, all these years later, we still love to wander around our local markets, buy up lots of seasonal produce (completely neglecting to accept we’re …
It’s broad bean (bakla) season at the moment so we just had to buy a bagful of them to do a Turkish recipe for broad bean salad – iç bakla salatası. Springtime is synonymous with new growth and an abundance of produce on the local markets around Turkey. At the moment, we just feel like …
Throughout the Middle East and around the Mediterranean, the combination of aubergines (eggplants) and chickpeas has been enjoyed for generations. One of four favourite ways to use these two ingredients together is to make one version of a spicy aubergine and chickpea stew. In Turkey, a version of the dish is called nohutlu patlıcan yemeği. …
Mushrooms on toast is one of life’s simple pleasures. And, when you can make this simple pleasure even more of a treat by adding garlic and making it seasonal, it just brings out even more appreciation of mushrooms. In November, we’re blessed with the growth of the meaty orange mushroom, çıntar (Saffron Milk Cap). And …
No surprises there, then. Just a meagre roll of the eyes in what is yet another twist and turn in the Coronavirus History Of The World. We’re referring to last month’s news where we told you about Fethiye restaurants reopening to sit-down diners. We commemorated the event with a burger at Denizatı Restaurant (we’re adventurous …
Turkish pickles! Or turşu, to give them their Turkish name. Especially when it comes to food, we all have our own guilty pleasures. When we first came to Turkey, I immediately noticed that there was no need for my guilty pleasure to be guilt-riddled at all. No; it was perfectly acceptable. A fact of life. …
This kuru fasulye recipe, Turkey’s famous and much-loved white bean stew, is a wonderfully comforting and tasty dish that is also a great source of protein. It never challenges – you know exactly what you’re getting – but it always satisfies! The best recipes are not necessarily the most complicated recipes, are they? And this …
Autumn; the days are shorter and cooler, there’s a dampness to the cold night air…and the beautiful Saffron Milk Cap Mushrooms sprout beneath the pine trees in the forests around Fethiye. Time to make mushroom risotto! As you are no doubt aware by now, we enjoy our Turkish seasonal produce and the different mushroom seasons …
Sucuk (Turkish sausage) is to Turkish cuisine what chorizo is to Spanish cuisine; what salami is to Italian cuisine. A spicy, cured sausage of ground meat that is packed with flavour. Granted, these sausages are never going to fall under the ‘health food’ category, but we all need a naughty-but-nice foodie treat every now and …
A very apt title for the March roundup of our monthly news from Fethiye. Fethiye Weather – March Because, let’s kick off with the late winter and early spring weather over the last four weeks or so. We haven’t had much of a winter at all this year but, intermittently, in March, we’ve had snow …