Seasonal cooking – it’s just the best. And this erik tavası – a Turkish greengage recipe is most definitel seasonal. The best because when the food markets are abundant in a particular seasonal fruit or vegetable for just a few weeks, we get over-excited and buy far too much of it for two people. And …
Today we’re going to make sucuklu yumurta; sucuk and eggs! What you are about to read is very probably one of the most simple recipes on our whole blog. However, let that not take away anything from this recipe. Because it is also one of the most tasty satisfying breakfast, brunch – any time of …
More seasonal eating for this article. It’s cauliflower season and we’ve got a great recipe for you. Traditionally Turkish, very easy to make, seasonal, tasty and healthy, too. We’re going to make karnabahar yemeği. And the best description we can give you for that is Turkish cauliflower stew. We’re loving our winter veggies and cauliflower …
Hamsili pilav is a real seasonal treat that we love to make for friends. Those of you who read this blog a lot will be fully aware that hamsi season is one of our favourite times of year. All those little anchovies swimming amongst the icy currents of the Black Sea and along the Bosphorus. …
‘Mezze – Small Plates To Share,’ is a book packed with recipes by award winning, Cordon Bleu trained cookery writer, broadcaster and journalist, Ghillie Başan. The best food should always carry with it stories and happy memories of life events, travels, chance meetings, making new friends or spending quality time with old friends and family. …
Have you heard of chayote squash? We hadn’t until we saw it on the local markets. Seasonal eating – we love it! Especially when it’s a true seasonal food. Something you only see at a certain time of year. A food that you can look forward to, anticipating its appearance on the markets and mentally …
You can’t have a Turkish kitchen without having red lentils in the pantry. And when it comes to Turkish soup recipes, homemade spicy Turkish red lentil soup is a favourite for us! After the Fethiye summer season, we hit that time of year. That time of year where the intense summer heat and haze suddenly …
We’ve been using seasonal spring and summer fruits to play about with our new love; a frozen yoghurt recipe. This is a delicious treat on a scorching summer day! Some days get so hot that it’s almost taxing to even think about what to eat. Something light and something cold. That’s been the main reply …
Iskender Efendi; this is the chap who invented the Iskender Kebab in the northwest city of Bursa back in the 19th century. When we moved to Turkey in 2003, Bursa was the first place we visited as part of our travels. Friends had told us to make sure we ate Iskender Kebab at the restaurant …
This is how we came to produce our little Turkish breakfast sweet treat, puff pastry strawberry tart. Or, to give it a Turkish name, çilekli milföy tatlısı. Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Well, actually, this is the story of a plan that didn’t come together. But then, from that, a …