You can’t have a Turkish kitchen without having red lentils in the pantry. And when it comes to Turkish soup recipes, homemade spicy Turkish red lentil soup is a favourite for us! After the Fethiye summer season, we hit that time of year. That time of year where the intense summer heat and haze suddenly …
A beginner’s guide to Turkish food… What is the first meal you look forward to eating when arriving in Turkey? That question was just a random one that we asked on our Facebook Page. So many were the answers we received about your favourite Turkish food that we couldn’t just let it go. It became …
We’ve been using seasonal spring and summer fruits to play about with our new love; a frozen yoghurt recipe. This is a delicious treat on a scorching summer day! Some days get so hot that it’s almost taxing to even think about what to eat. Something light and something cold. That’s been the main reply …
Iskender Efendi; this is the chap who invented the Iskender Kebab in the northwest city of Bursa back in the 19th century. When we moved to Turkey in 2003, Bursa was the first place we visited as part of our travels. Friends had told us to make sure we ate Iskender Kebab at the restaurant …
This is how we came to produce our little Turkish breakfast sweet treat, puff pastry strawberry tart. Or, to give it a Turkish name, çilekli milföy tatlısı. Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Well, actually, this is the story of a plan that didn’t come together. But then, from that, a …
Spinach and potato in a puff pastry roll? Yes please! 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. …
Let’s consider the humble gözleme. Why? Well, have you ever met anyone who isn’t instantly grateful for its entrance into their life? We love the stuff and lots of others agree with us! Turkish food is oft ranked by experts as one of the world’s top three cuisines – no arguments from these two biased …
Guacamole – not Turkish food at all. Mexican, in fact. But in the winter months, on the fruit and veg stalls around Fethiye fish market, the big Tuesday market and the Sunday market in Çalış, avocados are more prevalent than usual and they are lovely and ripe! And soft, ripe avocados make for a perfect …
This post is about cağ kebabı – our favourite kebab – and Şehzade Cağ Kebap in the Sirkeci neighbourhood of Istanbul. As usual, with us, we have a little background tale to tell around cağ kebabı. Food that’s memorable for all the right reasons; it’s a matter of opinion, of personal experience. For us, our …
Here’s a recipe title for you: Fırında Patatesli Kabak Mücveri. That’s what we’re making in this article. It’s a take on a classic dish of Turkish cuisine and translates to ‘oven baked potato and courgette fritters‘ recipe (or oven baked potato and zucchini fritters for our American readers). As far as we’re concerned, the reward …