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Recipes, tastes and smell from Turkey. Discover traditionald and gourmet dishes from the beloved country!

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turkish eggs with yogurt

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Eggs with Yogurt Cilbir-Turkey

This is a Turkish version of eggs benedict, the yogurt and the butter taking the place of the hollandaise sauce; it appears like a curious combination, though is more familiar ...

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vegetables

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Turkish Borscht

Borscht is one of those recipes that travelled with populations and moved around with wars and empires, thus you will find one in various countries each with a slight variation; ...

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Εggplant Salad - Melitzanosalata-Gourmed

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Εggplant Salad - Melitzanosalata

The eggplant is a basic Mediterranean Summer cooking ingredient. This eggplant salad, melitzanosalata in Greece, is usually served as a dip or spread with pita bread or vegetable sticks but ...

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The History of Turkish Cuisine

Turkish cuisine is the result of the region's seasonal products and a nomadic diet, combined with a variety of influences from the surrounding regions.

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chicken

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Turkish-Style Chicken with herbs

There's something special about this recipe that makes it better than another, that is that the rice is cooked alongside the chicken and vegetables tying all the aromas together fantastically!

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meat

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Beef Stuffed Pastry Rolls (Bourek)

The Bourek or Burek, is orignally from Turkey, but travelled throughout the Balkans with the Ottoman Empire making it very popular in many places. Phyllo is a very commonMediterranean ingredient, ...

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bonito

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Grilled Bonito

Bonito is a fish very similar to tuna and because of its firm texture is a delicious fish to enjoy grilled with lemon,oil and oregano.

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Turkish Spicy Ground Chicken Kebab

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Turkish Spicy Ground Chicken Kebab

Lamb kebab often seems very heavy in taste and spice to foreigners; here you will find a lighter version, that we won't say tastes better, but works as a satisfactory ...

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couscous salad

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Turkish Salad with couscous

This salad is not as exotic as its name makes it sound; one more simple, fresh and crunchy cous cous salad. This is a great meal to use to start ...

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galotyri

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Strained Yoghurt Pastry Triangles

These very Mediterranean pastry triangles, are light in taste and easy to serve as a starter for a summer dinner party. Make them in advance, freeze them and bake or ...

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Turkey

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Muhallebi (Turkish Pudding)

Muhallebi is a traditional Turkish milk pudding. It is characterized by the fact that rice flour is used to thicken it.

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Kazan dipi taouk oksu chiken cream

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Taouk Oksu kazan dipi (Chicken Cream)

This is definitely a strange dessert, but testimonies say that it is the best cream they have tasted! The texture must be neither too thick neither too thin. The chicken ...

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cheese

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Yuftka/Phyllo Cigarettes with Cheese (Peynirli sigara böreği)

These Turkish cheese pastry fingers, are a great thing to prepare and have in your freezer to use on many occasions; as a nice snack for the family or to ...

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bean stew

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Grandma Fatima’s Mung Bean Salad (Maş Piyazi)

Mung beans are grown in South East Turkey and make for a healthy and really refreshing salad! Their green colour remains vivid even after they are boiled so they bring ...

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beef

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Bastirma (Pastrami)

Making things from scratch is a feature of the Mediterranean way of life and brings you much closer to what you eat. Here is a recipe on how to make ...

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dip

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Yoghurt and Cucumber Sauce (Cacik)

This Turkish version of Greek Tzatziki is a refresing and fragrant yoghurt and cucumber dip. It is often served as a side dish with kebabs or alone with olives and ...

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appricot

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Cream Filled Apricots (Kaymakli Kayisi)

This Turkish dessert is really easy to make and very delicious. Kaymakli is a turkish clotted cream that is very hard to find outside Turkey, so we suggest you look ...

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Lamb Burgers With Minted Yoghurt Sauce -Yaourtlou Kebap

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Lamb Burgers With Minted Yoghurt Sauce -Yaourtlou Kebap

These delicious Middle Eastern lamb burgers are a creative alternative to hamburgers, certain to please even the most gourmet palates.

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manti

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Mediterranean Home-Made Dumplings - Turkish Manti

These turkish meat manti are almost like dumplings, they did after all travel with the Turks from Central Asia, served with a little of the cooking water and garnished with ...

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Cooking on the Boat: Galley Cuisine with a Mediterranean Touch

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Cooking on the Boat: Galley Cuisine with a Mediterranean Touch

With Cooking on the Boat, Lale and Cem Apa share their passion for sailing and for enjoying gourmet meals at sea.

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Turkey: A Food Lover's Journey by Leanne Kitchen

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Turkey: A Food Lover's Journey by Leanne Kitchen

This cookbook by Leanne Kitchen and its colourful images of Turkey will no doubt inspire more than a few cooks away from the kitchen and onto the next plane to ...

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hearty, red lentil, burghul, soup, turkey

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Turkish Ezo Bride's Soup (Ezo Gelin Çorbasi)

This beautiful red lentil Turkish soup was created by Ezo, a beautiful woman who though pursued by many a men ended up having a miserable life and not much luck. ...

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soup

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Turkish Vermicelli Chicken Soup (Şehriye Çorbasi)

This Turkish recipe can be of great use if you have made a chicken dish and have left overs to use. If you don't have any chicken just make it ...

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lamb, herbs, snacks

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Lamb Balls in a Bulgur Wheat Crust (Koubeba)

A great combination of lamb and herbs.Ideal as a party snack.

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meatballs

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Veal, Icli kofte (Meatballs with Bulgur and a filling of Minced Meat with Pine Nuts)

These Turkish meatballs are very spicy and are served as an hors d’ oeuvre.

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corn meal, polenta, cheese, hot,

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Black Sea Cornmeal Cooked with Cheese

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Mediterranean buffet, home made welcome food, cocktails

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How to Prepare a Flawless Holiday Buffet

Mediterranean cuisine can be characterized by its unique assortment of appetizers- mezedes, antipasti, and tapas. Scroll down for recipe ideas that will allow for the perfect holiday buffet...

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The best tapas Bars in Istanbul

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Best tapas Bars in Istanbul

Istanbul is the city where food is found almost in every corner. Here you'll read the top picks of tapas bars in the city.

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Lahmacun - The turkish pizza

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Lahmacun - The turkish pizza

Oval-shaped lahmacun are thin pastry topped with ground lamb meat and spices and considered the Turkish equivalent of pizza. It is also served in Lebanon.

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Turkish Tea Pot

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Turkish Tea Pot

Turks prepare tea using a double Turkish Tea Pot, and serve it sizzling hot.

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