If you live here in Turkey, börek are one of those things you have to get used to - not that it is difficult! Made with the local yufka or equivalent of filo pastry, these tasty börek will make ...
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Potato with Pastrami & Rosemary/Pastırmalı Biberiyeli Patates
Have you ever walked round Eminönü or Kadıköy and seen these rather unprepossessing terracotta-coloured slabs hanging from the ceiling in the local shops? They are meat called pastırma which can ...
Pastırma: the Ultimate Spicy Turkish Bacon Lookalike
Today we had a perfectly lovely day: we were invited to a lunchtime BBQ with old friends including my very special old friend who has now moved to the UK and whom I don't see very often. The sun shone ...