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Eating Seasonally – A Recipe For Çıntar Mushrooms With Sucuk

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 …

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Turkish Recipes: Recreating Our Ankara Kayseri Mantısı At Home

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 …

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Turkish Recipes: Domates Soslu Misket Köfte

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 Köftesi – that really was a …

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Hünkar Beğendi Recipe – Ottoman Cuisine At Its Best

Hünkar Beğendi is an absolute classic of Ottoman cuisine. 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 …

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Turkish Recipes: Kadın Budu Köfte (Lady Thigh Meatball)

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 chuckle. If …

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Et Sote Recipe – A Turkish Beef Saute In Tomatoes

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 months, we felt …

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Turkish Musakka Recipe – A Dish For All Seasons

One of our readers contacted us as she wanted to know if we had a Turkish Musakka recipe so that she could make it herself at home. Well, we get lots of emails like that, actually. But this particular reader told us she had especially enjoyed the Turkish musakka. Turkish Musakka – Classic Lokanta Food …

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Güveçte Sucuk Recipe – Turkish Spicy Sausage Casserole

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 …

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