When I was going out with my now-husband - I want to say when we were courting but that sounds rather old-fashioned - we used to come to magical Istanbul from Ankara from time to time, and every time, ...
Desserts
Little Apple & Plum Pots with Honey and Cream
Like hemlines, desserts come and go, don't they? Remember sherry trifle and those delicious savarins? Brandy snaps? Soufflés? Tiramisu hasn't earned its place as a classic but even that has slipped ...
Delicious Apricots stuffed with Cream/Kaymaklı Kayısı Tatlısı
Last week we made this typical Turkish dessert in one of my cooking classes in Kuzguncuk. Suitably sticky, deliciously sweet and syrupy with a slight crunch from the flaked almonds, I think it was a ...
Künefe: the syrup-soaked, cheese-filled ‘shredded wheat’ dessert
Turkish desserts are not normally my thing: on the whole they are just too calorific for me to have even the remotest desire to make them! I would say that baklava is probably the best-known ...
Sweet Lor Peyniri with Black Mulberries/Karadut – Sour Cherries/Vişne will do too!
I may have made this with the last of the mulberries but do not despair, you can use sour cherries or vişne to the same effect if you find you can't get your hands on any. Here in our garden in ...
An Evening in Istanbul with Özlem’s Turkish Table: Revani, a Syrupy Semolina Dessert Dating Back to the Taking of Yerevan in today’s Armenia
I signed up for the cooking class at the Istanbul Culinary Institute last night for two reasons: first, I thought it would be the ideal way to see fellow blogger and friend Özlem who lives in the UK ...
Pumpkin Dessert with Chopped Walnuts: Kabak Tatlısı
I was thinking that it would be a good idea to re-post this article from the British Community Council e-newsletter where I had my culinary corner on a regular monthly basis a few years ago. This was ...
Pear and Fig Slump/Armut ve İncir Tatlısı
This is the first time I have ever heard of a culinary slump in terms of a dessert topping. How about you? I know a good old English crumble. I know a cobbler. But slump, no.But I've learned ...