Turkish recipes
Turkish cuisine is a fantastic celebration of big flavours and plenty of spice. Try these Turkish recipes including lamb koftas, chicken shish and syrup-soaked baklava.
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Mezze recipes
Bulgar köftesi
This family recipe for Turkish-Cypriot meatballs takes food writer Yasemen Kaner-White back to the first time she visited Cyprus, aged...
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Pasta bake recipes
Cypriot pasta bake (magarina firinda)
“This is a pasta bake to top all pasta bakes. The combination of long, substantial tubes of pasta and a...
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Savoury bread recipes
Pide dough
Josh Katz’s pide dough recipe makes three balls of springy dough. Use the dough to make pide (Turkish-style oval pizzas),...
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Cheddar cheese recipes
Three-cheese pides with egg and salsa verde
Decadent three-cheese pides (a kind-of oval Turkish pizza) with fill you with the rich joys of life. The acidity in...
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15-minute meal recipes
Istanbul-style fish sandwiches
Istanbul-style fish sandwiches (balik ekmek) make a delicious 15-minute dinner. This popular Turkish street food is typically made with grilled...
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Beef mince recipes
Spiced beef mince with jacket potatoes and yogurt
No jacket potato beats this one, which is stuffed generously with spiced beef mince, chickpeas, crunchy salad and yogurt. Or,...
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Meatball recipes
Turkish beef meatballs
Try out this Turkish spin on meatballs for a speedy one-pan which promises big, warming flavours. Plus, it’s ready on...
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Casserole recipes
Aromatic lamb casserole with prunes
A casserole that’s also a pizza? Yes, you read that right. You can adjust this lamb casserole recipe to create...
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Snacks and nibbles
Epic muhammara
Muhammara is a red pepper dip that makes a fine addition to a big mezze feast. Try Georgina Hayden’s epic...
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Quick chicken recipes
Quick chicken kebabs
Bring the taste of the Med straight to your table with these quick Turkish-style chicken kebabs; a family-pleasing weeknight supper...
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Sweet tart recipes
The very best baklava
Versions of this crisp, nutty confection abound in Greece, Turkey, the Caucasus and the Middle East, but how do you...
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Artichoke recipes
Turkish pide with marinated artichokes, broccoli and cheese
”Oklava, the first restaurant I opened, is named after the rolling pin traditionally used to make pastries and breads –...
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Quick and easy lamb recipes
Lamb shish with olive and walnut tahini
Succulent griddled lamb is piled onto warm flatbreads and drizzled with a tahini and yoghurt dressing in this easy 20-minute...
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Rice recipes
Kid, Cabbage, Bulgur Wheat and Tomato Pilaf
This recipe is from James Whetlor’s cookbook, Goat: Cooking and Eating. If you can manage to get the bottom of...
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Brunch recipes
Courgettes with chilli-spiced yogurt and poached eggs
Courgettes are cooked in yogurt and chilli before being topped with perfectly poached eggs in this slightly different brunch dish....
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Quick and easy lamb recipes
Zesty lamb chops with couscous
Lamb chops are quick to cook making them ideal for speedy weeknight cooking. We’ve served them here on a bed...
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