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İzmir Köfte (Turkish Baked Meatballs in Tomato Sauce)

İzmir köfte is one of the great comfort dishes of Turkish home cooking — braised meatballs in a rich tomato sauce with potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes,… Continue reading
Tantuni (Turkish Spicy Beef Wrap)

Tantuni is one of the most addictive street foods in Turkey — a simple but extraordinary preparation of thinly sliced beef or lamb sautéed with onion… Continue reading
Künefe (Turkish Shredded Wheat Cheese Dessert)

There are few moments in Turkish culinary life as theatrical as the arrival of a freshly made künefe at the table. Continue reading
Kadinbudu Köfte (Turkish Lady’s Thigh Meatballs)

Kadınbudu köfte — “lady’s thigh köfte” — carries one of the most evocative names in Turkish cuisine, a poetic description of the rounded, soft shape of… Continue reading
Kokoreç (Turkish Grilled Lamb Offal Sandwich)

Kokoreç is one of the most distinctive and polarizing dishes in Turkish street food culture: lamb or goat intestines wrapped around skewered offal —… Continue reading
Sütlaç (Turkish Baked Rice Pudding)

There is something almost meditative about a bowl of sütlaç — the Turkish rice pudding whose simplicity belies its extraordinary depth of tradition. Continue reading
Patlıcan Musakka (Turkish Eggplant Moussaka)

Patlıcan musakka — Turkish eggplant moussaka — is the Turkish interpretation of a dish that appears, in various forms, across the entire former Ottoman… Continue reading
Midye Dolma (Turkish Stuffed Mussels)

Midye dolma — stuffed mussels — is one of Istanbul’s most iconic street foods: large black-shelled mussels stuffed with a fragrant mixture of spiced… Continue reading
Kazandibi (Turkish Caramelized Milk Pudding)

Kazandibi — literally “the bottom of the cauldron” — is one of the most distinctively Turkish of all the country’s many milk puddings, and one of the… Continue reading
Sulu Köfte (Turkish Meatball Soup)

Sulu köfte — broth meatballs — represents the gentlest and most comforting end of the Turkish köfte spectrum: small, soft meatballs of minced lamb or… Continue reading