Let’s talk about pide! And also give you a fantastic, easy pide recipe which you can use and adapt to suit your own tastes. Why? Well, because who doesn’t love a Turkish pide whenever you’re in the country. We’re here in Turkey all the time, so we eat lots of it! We’ve said before that …
Today we’re going to make sucuklu yumurta; sucuk and eggs! What you are about to read is very probably one of the most simple recipes on our whole blog. However, let that not take away anything from this recipe. Because it is also one of the most tasty satisfying breakfast, brunch – any time of …
We’re talking sauteed Brussels sprouts in this article. As you’re no doubt aware (if you read this blog a lot) we’re all for promoting our local Fethiye markets, particularly the Fethiye Friday market. The Friday market, in contrast to the Tuesday Market, is more of a villagers’ market that sells seasonal produce – and you’re …
A couple of Christmases ago, we decided we’d have a go at making our own mince pies, which involved purchasing a non-stick muffin tray. The pies worked out well…and, since then, the muffin tray had sat on top of the kitchen cupboards looking a bit lonely and sorry for itself. Well, we never really cook …
We talk about seasonal foods in Turkey rather a lot on this blog and, while some seasonal items tend to appear on Fethiye market on a more year-round basis – they’re just in their prime at certain times of the year – there are some foods that are truly seasonal; here one minute, gone the …
We love this time of year, here in Fethiye; we’re enjoying barbecue season – and, of course, we expect to be doing so for a good while yet. Stuffed mushrooms on the menu for this article! Wherever you may be reading this post, we hope you’ve got barbecue weather, too, because this recipe is perfect for …
We love to eat seasonally and March in Fethiye is the beginning of the broad beans season. Which means it’s also broad beans recipe season! On a visit to Çiftlik Perşembe Pazarı (Ciftlik Thursday Market) we noticed that the first young bakla (broad beans or fava beans) of the season were for sale. Not lots …
Today was the 2nd Karaçulha Camel Wrestling Festival, just up the road from where we live. With just a 10 TL entrance fee and proceeds going towards the local school, we would have been negligent not to go again. Last year, we entered the ‘arena’ (read ‘spare land’) with trepidation and a little excitement at …
Tost: You can’t come to Turkey – at least the west of Turkey – and leave without sampling tost. Tost is a big, tasty toastie and the Turks do a mighty fine tost! It’s not two tiny slices of bread with a delicate filling and a dainty side salad (unless you’re in an eatery trying …
Güveçte sucuk (Turkish sausage in a casserole pot) was once made for us by our neighbour and, ever since, we’ve been making our own take on this dish. Casserole (güveç) dishes are very common in Turkey, and are usually served as a sizzling dish in a shallow, clay bowl. We’ve recently acquired some individual terracotta …