For a few years, now, there has been a growing trend in Turkey. The serving up of a splendid Turkish breakfast! And, as far as we’re concerned, our hometown of Fethiye is right up there as one of the leaders. Take a stroll along Fethiye harbour, late morning or early afternoon on any given Sunday, …
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 …
True bastions of Turkish cuisine: there’s a few of those. And köfte is most certainly one of them. It’s also a bastion of our own personal diet. Whether we’re grabbing a quick street food snack, making a special effort to visit a specialist köfteci, dining in a restaurant or cooking at home,.. These Turkish meatballs …
Turkish cuisine has a whole raft of börek recipes – pastries of all shapes and sizes. For this börek recipe, we’re going to be making the famous tepsi böreği… We love to explore with all the different fillings and ways of presenting the final product. What Is Tepsi Böreği? Tepsi means ‘tray’ and börek is …
Imam bayıldı (imam bayildi); it’s one of those dishes – along with shepherd’s salad – that we always loved to eat when we first moved to Turkey. And then, for some reason, it released itself from our radar. Hello Again, Imam Bayıldı Well all that has now changed, mercifully. Thanks to many requests for an …
This time of year is abundant with spring fruits and vegetables, making trips to Fethiye market and Çalış market all the more pleasurable. And now, it is the season for the delightful loquat fruit… If you read this blog regularly, you’ll know we love to eat and cook seasonally. It’s really not hard to do …
Pure plated indulgence. That’s our description for this oh-so-tasty dish; ali nazik kebab. If you like ‘cooking light’ then look away now. A Gaziantep ali nazik kebab is spicy, rich and buttery. At the same time, the aubergine and yoghurt bed that the meat is laid on is smooth, smoky and creamy. From The City …
It’s easily done. A simple – yet rightly much-loved – Turkish salad, like shepherd’s salad, can easily fall off the radar. But do you know what the best bit about that is? It’s when you suddenly remember one day, for no reason, that you haven’t had shepherd salad in such a long time. So then …
We love cacık! It’s so refreshing. Since 5,000 BC. That’s how long natural yoghurt is said to have been a part of people’s lives; at least in the region of ancient Mesopotamia, that is. And that includes parts of modern day Turkey. If you know Turkey, you’ll know there’s a whole raft of meze dishes …
Go into any lokanta in Turkey and you will be most unfortunate if you don’t see karnıyarık as one of the choices in the bain marie. Along with imam bayıldı, it’s a classic Turkish stuffed aubergine recipe. Aubergines are a major ingredient in Turkish cuisine and there are many famous aubergine recipes. They are paired …