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Fethiye, Turkish Food, Slow Travel Turkey
Mantı - it's easy to wonder what all the fuss is about. The first time we saw it (and had no idea what it was called) was when we originally moved to Fethiye and our neighbour knocked on our door, presenting us with a bowl of little dough parcels encasing a tiny piece of minced beef and topped with …
Continue Reading about Turkish Recipes: Recreating Our Ankara Kayseri Mantısı At Home
Last week, Fethiye, and lots of other places in Turkey, were stuck under a cold front with icy winds which sent temperatures tumbling into minus figures. This is very much a rarity in Fethiye - we were cold! Only one thing for it in weather like this and that's to hit the winter warming comfort …
Continue Reading about Turkish Recipes: Kuzu Etli Nohut Yemeği (Lamb Stew With Chickpeas)
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 …
Continue Reading about Turkish Recipes: Domates Soslu Misket Köfte
There are those moments in life where you peruse the menu in a restaurant, plump for a dish, stick your fork into the food...and then you get that life-changing taste sensation. And that's not so much of an exaggeration; life changing in the sense that you know you've landed yourself a perfect meal …
Continue Reading about Hünkar Beğendi Recipe – Ottoman Cuisine At Its Best
It was 2005 and we were in transit from Alexandroupoli in Greece, heading back to Istanbul by bus. Traffic was bad and it had been a long journey, so, after crossing the border into Turkey, the bus driver pulled to the side of the road and gave us an hour's break to stretch our legs. View …
Continue Reading about Tekirdağ Köftesi Recipe – A Famous Regional Dish
This post has been waiting backstage for a long time to see the light of day. The idea behind it is that it's perfect Saturday-night-in-watching-TV food and so I wanted to do the post on a Saturday night. Except Saturdays in Fethiye came and went, and each time we remembered about it, it was never a …
Continue Reading about Turkish Food – Saturday Night Chicken Wings
Kadın Budu Köfte - Lady Thigh Meatball. Hmm, well, where does this name come from? Ladies, I can't help but think this particular type of köfte was named by a man who thought he was being humorous in declaring it resembled a woman's thigh to his male counterparts before having a good old …
Continue Reading about Turkish Recipes: Kadın Budu Köfte (Lady Thigh Meatball)
Turkish cuisine is made up of many different types of dishes and one of its most comforting foods is the sote dish. Because of this 'cosy comfort' feel, we usually eat Turkish sote dishes during the winter months. However, we do like to break with tradition on occasion. Recently, even in warmer …
Continue Reading about Et Sote Recipe – A Turkish Beef Saute In Tomatoes
We got an email from a reader, once, telling us she had eaten many fabulous meals whilst staying in Turkey. Well, we get lots of emails like that, actually. But this particular reader told us she had particularly enjoyed the Turkish musakka - and she wanted to know if we had a Turkish Musakka …
Continue Reading about Turkish Musakka Recipe – A Dish For All Seasons
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 …
Continue Reading about Güveçte Sucuk Recipe – Turkish Spicy Sausage Casserole
