In Turkey where the fresh artichoke hearts are so beautifully cleaned and so readily available on street corners, in the local markets as well as the big supermarkets, we usually think of stuffing ...
stuffed vegetables
Stuffed Red Peppers: an Olive Oil-based Dish – Zeytinyağlı Kırmızı Biber Dolması
I expect you all know that life is too short to stuff a mushroom. Well, in all my time here in Turkey, I have stuffed more vegetables than I care to count but somehow never red peppers! What does ...
Stuffed Round Courgettes – Etli Yuvarlak Kabak Dolması
After using one of those little rolypoly courgettes in a salad last week, I still had quite a few left. Here in Turkey we are no stranger to stuffing vegetables; in fact, this is probably the ...
Karnıyarık or Stuffed Aubergines Baked in the Oven
One of the true joys of blogging is the wonderful emails I receive from people all over the world: people I have never met but who have somehow stumbled upon my blog and are nice enough to ...
Delia’s Italian Stuffed Aubergines
Delia's Italian Stuffed Aubergines This summer I did a lot of cooking with aubergines as they are Turkey’s best-loved summer vegetable. However,there is a big difference ...
Stuffed Marrow: an English dolma!
A few days ago the garden gate creaked and the familiar figure of our nextdoor neighbour Leyla appeared round the corner. She was bearing a tepsi/tray full of produce from her garden and what a ...
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 ...