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Fried Chicken Livers With Black-Eyed Beans – A Super Tasty Superfood Meze

Fried chicken livers as a cold meze dish. We can’t remember where we were when we had this on our table at a restaurant one night – or when we were there. Judging by that vagueness of memory, we know it was quite some time ago. And we know we were somewhere in Turkey. I …

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Şakşuka Recipe – More Aubergine Love

A huge bowl of freshly made Turkish şakşuka (shak-shoo-ka) is such a treat. This Şakşuka recipe is best eaten freshly made and cold – but it is so difficult to leave it alone and let it cool once you have combined all the perfectly matched ingredients. What Is Turkish Şakşuka? Turkish şakşuka is a popular …

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Broad Bean Salad With Orzo – The Colours Of Springtime On A Plate

It’s broad bean (bakla) season at the moment so we just had to buy a bagful of them to do a Turkish recipe for broad bean salad – iç bakla salatası. Springtime is synonymous with new growth and an abundance of produce on the local markets around Turkey. At the moment, we just feel like …

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A Recipe For Turkish Pickles (Turşu) & Why You Should Be Eating Them…

Turkish pickles! Or turşu, to give them their Turkish name. Especially when it comes to food, we all have our own guilty pleasures. When we first came to Turkey, I immediately noticed that there was no need for my guilty pleasure to be guilt-riddled at all. No; it was perfectly acceptable. A fact of life. …

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Etli Kuru Fasulye Recipe – Turkish White Bean Stew With Meat

This kuru fasulye recipe, Turkey’s famous and much-loved white bean stew, is a wonderfully comforting and tasty dish that is also a great source of protein. It never challenges – you know exactly what you’re getting – but it always satisfies! The best recipes are not necessarily the most complicated recipes, are they? And this …

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Sütlaç Recipe – Rice Pudding, Turkish-Style

First it was zesty revani. This time, it’s a much-loved Turkish version of a classic Rice Pudding. Here’s our Sütlaç recipe! What’s this? Haven’t we spent years (double figures, at that!) mentioning to you in countless articles on this blog that neither of us has a particularly sweet tooth? And now, here we are with …

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Revani Recipe – A Semolina Cake Drenched In Zesty Syrup

Are you familiar with this revani recipe? A light, sponge semolina cake drenched in a zesty syrup. If you have a soft spot for tasty sweet treats, this is going to be a dessert for you! A few years ago, we were sent a copy of the famous Turkish cookbook, The Sultan’s Kitchen, for review. …

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Seafood Filo Triangles – Turkish Pastry Pockets Filled With Flavours Of The Ocean

Turkish börek (pastries) play an integral role in Turkish cuisine, and, as well as the variety of fillings, there are also different types of pastry and different ways in which that pastry can be cut or shaped. For this recipe, we’re going to be making seafood filo triangles or, to give them their Turkish name, …

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