Isn’t that a lovely name? Yes, it’s French but I am not in France anymore. I am back home in Istanbul and have already made this recipe twice! light and airy mousseline de ...
Olive Oil Dishes and Mezes
İmam Bayıldı/the Imam Fainted: Another Delicious Aubergine Dish
İmam Bayıldı or The Imam Fainted I am sure you must have known that sooner or later a recipe for İmam Bayıldı would appear on my blog especially with all the aubergine recipes I have been cooking ...
Sigara Böreği: Crispy Cheese and Herb Filled Pastry Rolls
All of us who live in Turkey are very familiar with the myriad dishes that come under the heading of Börek. They are all made with yufka, the Turkish equivalent of filo/phyllo pastry and filled ...
Roasted Red Peppers in Olive Oil, Balsamic and Garlic
I mentioned roasted red peppers in my last post about oven-roasted tomatoes on toasted crusty bread - here is how to do them: This is a meze that I regularly make in summer. How can you not, when ...
Shakshuka: an Aubergine Meze
shakshuka/şakşuka in garlic yogurt with fresh tomato sauce I am confused. Seems there’s a huge difference between Turkish shakshuka/şakşuka and what the rest of the world calls ...
Samphire Dressed in Olive Oil, Lemon and Garlic
Dear Sophie, This post is for you! It was such a great pleasure to receive your lovely email recently that here I am , sharing the delights of deniz börülcesi/samphire on my blog and all ...
Haydari – a Minty Yogurt Dip with Garlic
Don’t you just love that moment at the beginning of an evening out when you’re feeling mellow with a glass of rakı in your hand and that tray of meze comes round and you’re sitting outside by the ...
Artichokes with Broad Beans: a Typically Turkish Dish
Artichokes are at their height right now in Istanbul and honestly they are irresistible. We are inundated with broad beans or bakla too so it is no surprise that the enginarcı or artichoke seller ...