If we said the word ‘anchovies’ to you, what is the image that immediately springs to mind? For most people, it will likely be a jar of strong tasting, super salty fish fillets in olive oil. You love them (we do) or you hate them. These are the type of anchovies for pizza, for tapenade, …
At this time of year, as the hot summer weather slowly becomes more autumnal, the stalls of the local markets are piled high with cheap plum tomatoes and huge red peppers. These are not the type of sweet, juicy tomatoes or crisp red peppers you use for your salads. No, this produce serves another purpose. …
Have you ever tried muhammara? If not, you’re missing out. Whilst it’s not a regular feature on our meze table, when we do make it, we know we’re in for a treat. Muhammara is one of those meze dishes that is to be savoured and relished. And the good news is, it’s also easy to …
Favourite Turkish salads: we love a çoban salad, a bulgur wheat salad like kısır never disappoints, chickpea salad fills a corner in the summer months. But if grilled meat is on the menu, there is one salad that is an absolute must: Gavurdağı Salatası. Gavurdağı Salad – A Tomato & Walnut Salad Packed With Zing …
Some people don’t like the sound of çılbır – but we think it’s fantastic and you should definitely give it a go. Are you looking for a tasty recipe for Turkish poached eggs? There are lots of wonderfully creative ways in which Turkish cuisine uses eggs. Obviously, if you’re having a full Turkish breakfast, they …
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 …