Very Good Recipes of Turkish from A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
There are 10 Turkish recipes on the blog A Seasonal Cook in Turkey. (88 on all the blogs)
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Simple Smoked Salmon Tart: the Perfect Tuzlu for Your Next Turkish Tea Party
By A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
03/22/13 19:40
Yesterday it was my turn to host my little group of 22 years to tea. I have already described how tea parties are an absolute way of life here in Istanbul - click here to read about that - and you will also know that I am very partial to making something...
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A Very Unusual Turkish Spring Veg: Filiz
By A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
03/19/13 23:46
We were in our wonderful village of Assos which overlooks the Aegean, this past weekend after a very long absence. It was still very much winter and the weather was awful. In fact the whole country was ravaged by winds, rain and even snow. can you see how...
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Sesame-covered Simits: Turkish Bagels
By A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
02/25/13 22:47
Sesame-covered simit fresh from the oven Actually I have the barest idea of what a bagel is other than that it is round. But what I do know is that Turkish simit are the original Ottoman fast food, available any time and most anywhere, from street pedlars...
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Olga's Very Own Turkish Persimmon Bread
By A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
11/24/12 20:14
Moist and packed with the flavours of persimmon, dried fig and walnut Here is one of those jewels of a recipe: this persimmon loaf is scrumptious beyond compare. persimmons look like this: soft and fleshy Let me share what I know about persimmons: I can’t...
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Menemen: Eggs Turkish-style
By A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
08/19/12 15:57
Menemen almost cooked! Today is a day akin to Christmas: it’s the first day of Şeker Bayram (pron: shek-er by-rum) ie the 40 days of Ramazan are over and you can just feel the relief in the air. It’s been a long and difficult period of fasting due to the...
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Turkish Ramazan Pide
By A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
08/15/12 22:33
In Turkey this year the holy month of Ramazan has fallen during the hottest possible days of July and August. Believers have had to do without food or water for up to 15 hours a day while enduring daily temperatures in the upper 30s. We who don’t fast can...
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Gavurdağ Salatası - Turkish Tomato Salad with Walnuts & Cumin
By A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
06/30/12 11:33
Gavurdağı Salatası at Sahan Lokantası, Bağdat Caddesi, Istanbul I have been building up to a post on this spicy tomato salad for some time now. It’s one of our favourite mezes when we are out and now I know how easy it is to replicate , I can see it's...
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Turkish Breakfast by the Sea
By A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
06/19/12 10:51
I think I am in heaven. the breakfast buffet centrepiece Actually I am in Olympos down in the south of Turkey beside the shimmering Mediterranean. We are all here, little Eva too. It is very hot and unbelievably humid but as a result everything is green...
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Boza: Another Extraordinary Turkish Drink
By A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
03/18/12 08:59
Just when you think you have discovered the ultimate Turkish food or drink, along comes boza. all very nostalgic at Vefa Bozacısı Boza is a very special drink that I will forever associate with a very polluted Ankara circa 1976 and the mournful cry on a...
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Kuru Köfte: traditional Turkish Köftes
By A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
03/14/12 15:25
good-quality mince is essential No self-respecting blog about Turkish food would be complete without a recipe for kuru köfte! The word kuru literally means dry when they are anything but. In fact they are rather moist with a crispy exterior! These particular...
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