Mezze recipes
Put together a colourful spread with our mezze recipes. These fuss-free dishes are perfect for laid-back entertaining, especially in summer.
Take inspiration from classic Greek, Turkish and Middle Eastern mezze dishes. We’ve got recipes for all your mezze faves, including creamy houmous, dips, flatbreads, chicken and kofte.
Make the most of summer veg with mezze salads and dishes where aubergines, tomatoes and peppers are the star turn. Get cheesy with crispy fried halloumi, harissa and feta filo cigars or whipped goat’s cheese with hot honey.
Try food writer Georgina Hayden’s golden spanakopita fritters for a light summer lunch, or bring a big tub of zesty, herby tabbouleh to your next picnic. Happy grazing!
Check out our complete kebab recipes collection, too.
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Savoury bread recipes
Carniola bread
Carniola is a traditional flatbread from Slovenia, Try Ben Tish's recipe for this simple bread flavoured with caraway, honey and olive oil.
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Filo pastry recipes
Patlıcanlı rulo börek (Turkish aubergine and pepper filo rolls)
Özlem Warren’s aubergine börek, with their crisp and golden filo pastry, bring a taste of traditional Turkish cuisine to your summer table.
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Honey recipes
Halloumi with garlic and rosemary fermented honey
This easy garlic and rosemary fermented raw honey has a slight tang that's wonderful with lightly charred halloumi.
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Mezze recipes
Spanakopita fritters
Georgina Hayden's snackable take on the Greek favourite spanakopita transforms the classic spinach and feta pie into light, golden fritters.
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Filo pastry recipes
Filo-wrapped feta with spiced honey
Georgina Hayden's easy filo-wrapped feta is a guaranteed crowdpleaser. It's served drizzled with spiced honey and sprinkled with thyme.
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Harissa recipes
Harissa, feta and filo cigars
Tangy feta meets fiery harissa and sweet honey, in this filo cigars recipe. The perfect pre-dinner bite or fancy snack – no humidor required.
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Carrot recipes
Roast carrots with shatta butter
Ravinder Bhogal gives classic roast carrots a Middle Eastern twist in this side dish recipe, serving them with pistachios and shatta butter.
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Houmous recipes
Cauliflower houmous with pickled onions and cauliflower
This rustic cauliflower houmous will ruin you for the shop-bought variety. Top with pickles and serve with crisp lavosh or toasted pittas.
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Goat's cheese recipes
Whipped goat’s cheese with hot honey
Whipped goat's cheese drizzled with chilli and garlic-infused honey makes an easy dip or sharing starter. Serve with breadsticks or crudités.
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Boxing Day recipes
Turkey kofte with cranberry-tahini dip
These turkey kofte are easy to make and can be cooked from frozen, before serving with a cranberry-tahini dip at your Christmas bash.
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Flatbread recipes
Easy flatbreads with cumin seed butter
Yogurt keeps these super easy flatbreads pillowy and soft, while cumin seeds add fragrant warmth. Brush with warm cumin-seed butter to serve.
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Mezze recipes
Bulgar köftesi
Food writer Yasemen Kaner-White shares her family recipe for koftesi, Turkish meatballs made with beef and bulgar wheat.
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15-minute meal recipes
Air fryer halloumi with spiced honey glaze
A snack that’s tough to beat, this crisp, chewy air fryer halloumi is livened up with a subtly spiced honey for a sweet-meets-salty explosion of flavour.
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Working from home lunch recipes
Super herby tabbouleh
In this classic tabbouleh, herbs are the star ingredient. Serve this verdant tabbouleh as part of a spread, or with grilled lamb and pittas.
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Kebab recipes
Spiced lamb and barberry kababs
Get ready for the juiciest, most flavourful lamb kababs ever. Sabrina Ghayour shares her recipe for spiced lamb kababs with herby salad.
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Make-ahead Christmas recipes
Harissa lamb kofte bites
These freeze-ahead kofte bites are perfect for Christmas parties and festive nibbles.. Serve the harissa lamb kofte with cooling yogurt dip.
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