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Homemade Yufka: Rolling Turkish Pastry Sheets (Recipe)

A from-scratch recipe for homemade yufka, the Turkish pastry sheet. Covers the flour, water and salt dough, resting, rolling thin with an oklava and cornstarch, griddle cooking, fixes for tearing, storage, and ways to use the sheets.

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Börek vs. Spanakopita: What's the Difference?

A side-by-side look at börek and spanakopita: yufka versus phyllo, the milk-and-egg soak versus butter brushing, spinach börek versus the Greek spinach pie, the beyaz peynir and feta question, and how to swap one dough for the other.

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Turkish Pastane Culture: What's in the Bakery Window

A guide to the Turkish pastane: how it differs from a bread fırın and a milk-pudding muhallebici, what sits in the savory, sweet and chilled cases, how ordering and paying work, and when people actually go.

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