I have something to confess: this meaty casserole started out as the Turkish version Kayısılı Kuzu Yahnısı actually a speciality of Konya in the heart of Anatolia, but clearly descending from the ...
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Hünkar Beğendi – Sultan’s Delight
Or lamb ragout on a bed of puréed aubergine. No wonder the Sultan loved it because we do too! This is an old Ottoman dish, the name literally meaning ‘the Sovereign relished it’. I think Angie ...
Green Lentils and Lamb – Etli Mercimek
Lentils again. Yes, they’re good for you and they taste great! Here's another of those typical all-in-one dishes that are so common in this cuisine. Etli actually means 'with meat', beef or lamb, ...
Casserole of Lamb with Quince and Cinnamon or Kuzu ve Ayva Yahnisi
This casserole or yahni is quite simply the most fabulous combination of flavours you can possibly imagine: tender kuzu cooked gently with aromatic spices and quince or ayva, is quite simply ...
Lamb in Yogurt /Yoğurtlu Kuzu Eti
Here is another simple but delicious supper dish that I made the other night. The ingredients are not fancy: kuşbaşı lamb with chopped onion and tomatoes but it’s the flavouring that makes ...
Julia Child’s Navarin Printanier
In an old farmhouse deep in Provence outside the little village of Pélissane on any given day you will probably find my cousin in the kitchen. Especially when the weather is fine and children, ...