Meze & Appetizers
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Icli Kofte
İçli köfte — stuffed köfte — is perhaps the most technically demanding preparation in the entire Turkish köfte family, and arguably the most spectacular. Continue reading
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Sigara Boregi
Sigara böreÄźi — cigarette börek — is one of the most beloved and instantly recognizable of all Turkish pastries: slender, crisp cylinders of thin yufka… Continue reading
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Pacanga Boregi
Paçanga böreÄźi is a börek of particularly bold, robust character — crisp fried pastry filled with cured beef (pastırma), white cheese, and green… Continue reading
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Saksuka
ĹžakĹźuka is a vivid, deeply flavored vegetable dish of fried eggplant, zucchini, and peppers in a spiced tomato sauce — a preparation that sits at the… Continue reading
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Mucver
MĂĽcver — zucchini fritters — is one of the most beloved vegetable preparations in Turkish home cooking: golden, crisp pancakes of grated zucchini,… Continue reading
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Kisir
Kısır is Turkey’s answer to the grain salad — a vibrant, deeply flavored preparation of fine bulgur wheat dressed with tomato paste, pomegranate… Continue reading
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Cig Kofte
Few dishes in Turkish cuisine have a story as extraordinary as çiÄź köfte — a dish whose very name means “raw meatball” but which, in its most widely… Continue reading
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Cilbir
Çılbır — poached eggs on garlic yogurt with spiced butter — is one of the most ancient preparations in Turkish cuisine and one of the most startlingly… Continue reading
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Haydari (Turkish Yogurt Dip)
Haydari is one of the crown jewels of Turkish meze culture — a thick, intensely flavored yogurt dip enriched with dried mint, garlic, and olive oil… Continue reading
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Fava (Turkish Yellow Split Pea Puree)
Fava — the name borrowed from the Italian for broad bean — is in the Turkish culinary tradition a golden, silky purĂ©e of yellow split peas enriched… Continue reading