Kiliçe: A spice-heavy, celebratory pastry
What is Kiliçe? Kiliçe is a pastry leavened with yeast and made with a variety of spices such as anise, mahaleb and gum mastic. The …
Recipe, history, origin of appetizers from around the world
What is Kiliçe? Kiliçe is a pastry leavened with yeast and made with a variety of spices such as anise, mahaleb and gum mastic. The …
What is İçli Köfte? Made with thin bulgur and a combination of spices for an outer shell, it is stuffed with minced meat, and then …
What is kıtel raha? With a shell of thin bulgur and meat the kıtel raha is stuffed with even more meat but unlike many others …
What is bello? With the combination of thin bulgur, lentils and eggs, each cooked to the right point, they are mashed together with a variety …
What is Otlu Peynir? The cheese is made either out of goat or sheep’s milk, though cow’s milk has been used in recent history. It …
What is Diyarbakır Babaganuç? As the name suggests this baba ghanoush is a specialty to the southeastern region of Diyarbakır and consists of eggplants, peppers, …
What is sembusek? Sembusek is made of thinly rolled dough, covered with a mixture containing meat and then covered with the same dough, folding it …
What is Gevre? Gevre is a börek, resembling katmer, stuffed with kavurma (broiled meat) and cheese. The origins When talking about börek, we need to …
What is Borek (Börek)? Börek is made with layers of “yufka”, which is similar to phyllo, and a wide range of fillings. Butter or oil …
What are Dolma (Sarma)? While some may think of dolma as a vegetarian dish of rice rolled with grape leaves, there are many different varieties …