I am feeling very pleased with myself! Yes, I am. Ali Nazik is normally something that you eat in a kebapçı or kebab place: I have never been served it in a Turkish home. So why did I try it? ...
Beef / Lamb
Dolma: Summer Vegetables Stuffed with Meat and Herbs
I never make dolma in the winter so for me, as soon as the sun begins to shine and the temperatures start to rise, the dolma-making instinct in me stirs. Of course it’s the fact that all of a ...
Julia Child’s Navarin Printanier
In an old farmhouse deep in Provence outside the little village of Pélissane on any given day you will probably find my cousin in the kitchen. Especially when the weather is fine and children, ...
Pastırma: the Ultimate Spicy Turkish Bacon Lookalike
Today we had a perfectly lovely day: we were invited to a lunchtime BBQ with old friends including my very special old friend who has now moved to the UK and whom I don't see very often. The sun shone ...
Priest’s Beef and Onion Ragout
Otherwise known as Papaz Yahnisi: papaz means priest in Turkish and yahni is hot pot or ragout as Angie Mitchell lovingly translates it. I was hoping to burble on about the joys of spring but ...
Meat-Stuffed Chard Rolls or Etli Pazı Sarma
Sarma or Dolma? These are not quite the same although the names are sometimes used interchangeably. These made from Swiss Chard leaves are called sarma because they are rolled. Cabbage and vine ...
Tender Green Beans with Meat/Etli Fasulye
I really love this meal:Etli Ayşekadın Fasulye >in Turkish. Etli> means 'with meat': since this time I used mince, this is actually Kıymalı Fasulye.Not only does it look and taste delicious, but ...
Tangy Seasonal Soup with Tasty Meatballs/Terbiyeli Köfte Çorbası
In Turkish this recipe is called Terbiyeli Köfte and again it is a classic. This is one of the very first Turkish dishes I ever attempted back in those distant Ankara days after watching my ...