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 ...
Ottolenghi
Clementine – or Orange – & Almond Syrup Cake: from Ottolenghi! I highly recommend it!
I was really pleased with the way this cake turned out. It was reminiscent of revani because of the syrup that's poured over the cooked cake at the end: it seems like a lot but amazingly the ...
Another Ottolenghi: Marinated Sweet&Sour Fish
I am not anti-meat or anything but I do feel we should eat as much fish as possible. If you have been following my blog, you will know that I am quite Ottolenghi-addicted. I love his recipes mainly ...
Lamb with Quince Sprinkled with Pomegranate Seeds & Coriander
When I spied a recipe with a similar picture way back in July, I mentally earmarked it for now, when the quinces and pomegranates are in abundance here in Istanbul. Coriander is something of a ...
Another Ottolenghi: Lamb meatballs with barberries, yogurt & herbs
Like mercury, October has slipped through my fingers. It has been very much a month of getting back to the realities of life here in Istanbul after the joys of summer which means getting back ...
Roasted aubergine with fried onion & chopped lemon
I seem to have been stuffing and filling a lot of veggies recently, some with more success than others. It all depends on the quality of what you are stuffing and of course, on the the stuffing ...
Swiss Chard with tahini, yogurt & buttered pine nuts
This is a recipe straight out of Ottolenghi's Jerusalem and it pushes all my buttons. I am never quite sure that Swiss chard is what here in Turkey we call pazı but I am proceeding as though it is. ...
Hummus with Lemon Sauce/ Limon Soslu Humus
We all seem to love hummus! Amazing when you think that way back we'd never heard of the stuff. Did your mother use chickpeas? Did anyone know what tahini was? We were just getting used to garlic, for ...