Hamur İşleri
Pişi
Leavened dough fried in oil. The fastest happiness at breakfast.
Tatlılar
Melting Shortbread (Un Kurabiyesi)
Whether they melt in the mouth depends on the butter being at room temperature. Melted butter makes them…
Salata & Meze
Sumac Onion Salad (Nar Ekşili Soğan Salatası)
The classic beside a kebab. Salting and rubbing the onion takes out its sharpness.
Kahvaltılık
Homemade Labneh (Ev Yapımı Labne)
Yoghurt strained in muslin. The longer it hangs the firmer it gets: 12 hours a cream, 24 hours a cheese.
Ana Yemekler
Prawn Casserole (Karides Güveç)
The tomato sauce is cooked first and the prawns go in for the last five minutes. Cheese on top, browned in…
Hamur İşleri
Cheese Crackers (Peynirli Kraker)
Rolled thin and cut into squares, crisp in fifteen minutes. Ideal as a snack for children.
Tatlılar
Brownies
The middle should stay slightly underdone. Baked through, a brownie becomes a cake and stops being a brownie.
Salata & Meze
Pickle Salad (Turşu Salatası)
Whatever pickles are in the fridge, chopped and dressed with olive oil. A five minute meze.
Kahvaltılık
Chocolate Hazelnut Spread (Çikolatalı Fındık Kreması)
Roasted hazelnuts and dark chocolate. Less sweet and far nuttier than the shop bought kind.
Ana Yemekler
Fried Calamari (Kalamar Tava)
Either two minutes or forty, with nothing in between. Cooked briefly squid is tender; cooked in between it…
Hamur İşleri
Cheese Savoury Biscuits (Kaşarlı Tuzlu Kurabiye)
Grated cheese goes into the dough. It melts as they bake and leaves them open textured.
Tatlılar
Fruit Cream Cake (Meyveli Yaş Pasta)
Layers of peach and banana with vanilla cream. Draining the fruit is what stops the cream running.
Salata & Meze
Red Cabbage Salad (Kırmızı Lahana Salatası)
Vinegar brightens the colour. Without acid, red cabbage turns a purplish grey.
Çorbalar
Noodle and Lentil Soup (Sakala Çarpan Çorbası)
A Konya soup named for the long noodles that brush against your beard as you eat.
Kahvaltılık
Homemade Peanut Butter (Ev Yapımı Fıstık Ezmesi)
Peanuts roasted and ground in a processor. No oil is needed, as the nuts release their own.
Ana Yemekler
Pan Fried Bonito (Palamut Tava)
Being an oily fish, it needs almost no extra fat in the pan. Thick slices cook without drying.
Hamur İşleri
Nigella Savoury Biscuits (Çörek Otlu Tuzlu Kurabiye)
A savoury option beside the tea. Kneading the dough as little as possible keeps them crumbly.
Tatlılar
Apple Filled Biscuits (Elmalı Kurabiye)
Grated apple cooked with cinnamon and wrapped in dough. Driving off the apple liquid is essential.
Salata & Meze
Circassian Chicken (Çerkez Tavuğu)
Shredded chicken in a walnut sauce. The sauce is bound with stale bread, not flour.
Kahvaltılık
Curd Cheese Salad (Lor Salatası)
Lor, spring onion and dill. Ready in five minutes and the lightest thing on the table.
Hamur İşleri
Lentil Börek (Mercimekli Börek)
A green lentil filling with no meat but plenty of substance. Onion and spice make up the difference.
Tatlılar
Drop Cookies (Kaşık Kurabiyesi)
No shaping involved; the dough is dropped onto the tray with a spoon. The fastest biscuit there is.
Salata & Meze
Lakerda
Bonito cured in salt. No cooking, only waiting: five days.
Kahvaltılık
Homemade Fresh Cheese (Ev Peyniri)
Milk curdled with lemon and strained. A fresh cheese with no rennet, ready the same day.