Turkish Cerkez Tavugu (Chicken with Walnuts)

Turkish Cerkez Tavugu Chicken with Walnuts Recipe

One of my favorite aspects of Turkish cuisine is the use of nuts in both sweet and savory recipes. In the United States, we typically use nuts on for snacking or in desserts so when walnuts are ground with garlic and mixed with chicken, my eyes open wide and my mouth begins to get excited. [...]

Turkish Sigara Boregi With Minced Meat

Turkish Boregi Sigara

Sigara boregi literally translates to ‘cigarette pastry’, a shape common in Turkey and filled with either sweet or savory mixtures. The cigarette shape is familiar to me as I have made egg rolls, lumpia, and spring rolls all of which are a variation on the cigarette shape but using different types of wrappers. For this [...]

Turkish Ispanakli Gozleme: Spinach-Filled Flat Bread

ispanaki gozleme turkish flat bread

This versatile flat bread (gozleme) is common to many parts of Turkey and is often made at home but can also be found in cafes. Creamy spinach wrapped by grilled flat bread — sound delicious? I don’t want to give away the ending to this post but let’s just say it is worth making again. [...]