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Fethiye, Turkish Food, Slow Travel Turkey
Our gül böreği recipe is what we're going to be making in this article. One of life's simple foodie pleasures; the famous Turkish pastries; börek. And arguably, the börek with the prettiest name is gül böreği (rose börek). Well, we think so, at least. Gül böreği is a staple in Turkish …
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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 …
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Why make a spinach stem salad, you ask? Let's keep things simple: Most traditional Turkish food is as food should be - you take your ingredients, you make your dish. And if there is anything you have discarded while making your dish, you don't discard it; you make another dish from …
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Eggs and spinach for breakfast, anyone? Or lunch or dinner, for that matter. If you've never tried this spinach and eggs recipe, we're sure you're going to be converts once you do make it. We go through spells where it's on our menu more than once a week. And that's no bad thing because this …
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Ahh, yes. We have discovered the joy of puff pastry. Or, to give it its Turkish name, we have discovered the joy of experimenting with milföy böreği. We're Brits. We know puff pastry well, of course. Pasties and sausage rolls were a staple, growing up. But we had never cooked with it before. Until …
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Ahh, our love of köfte once more makes itself known on this blog. I wonder how many times we've written about it now...recipes for Tekirdağ Köftesi and just good old barbecued köfte; stories of köfte appreciation in Eskişehir and easily the most distinctive version we've tried to date, Doğubeyazıt …
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As this weekend is Easter weekend and we have a distinct lack of any egg-shaped chocolate in the house, we're going to concentrate not on the chocolate variety, but on those protein-packed staples that are produced by the chicken. Yes, we like to keep it real, here! We're doing our best egg …
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Last Sunday, we were on our way to Çalış market and we were feeling the need for food - right now! Most of the time, we opt for gözleme because we can eat this at the pazar - but last week, we just had the taste for kuşbaşılı pide. When the pide arrived, not only was it just what we were …
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This post is a continuation of the celebration of the lactarius deliciosus, the saffron milk cap mushroom, the çintar. This time, we're going to be doing a traditional Turkish börek recipe and teaming this tasty mushroom up with spinach. Spinach and mushroom is always a dream combination. Since …
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A couple of days ago, we went to Fethiye market to buy some yufka (filo pastry) so we could make kol böreği - a filo spiral. Over the years, we’ve developed a love of cooking and have stopped buying many of the ready prepared goodies that we used to buy from the shelves and deli counters. It's …
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