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Kuzu Tandır: Turkish Slow-Roasted Lamb (Recipe)

A practical guide to kuzu tandır, Turkish slow-roasted lamb: what a tandır oven actually is, which bone-in cut to buy, why salt is the only seasoning you need, and a sealed foil-and-low-heat oven method with serving ideas.

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Kağıt Kebabı: Turkish Lamb Baked in Paper (Recipe)

A step-by-step kağıt kebabı recipe: cubed lamb shoulder marinated in tomato and pepper paste, packed with onion, tomato, green pepper and potato, sealed in parchment and baked until tender. Covers cuts, folding, oven timing, troubleshooting and what to serve alongside.

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Etli Nohut: Turkish Chickpea Stew with Lamb (Recipe)

A full guide to etli nohut, the Turkish chickpea and lamb stew: what it is, dried versus canned chickpeas, which cut of meat holds up, a recipe for six, and how it differs from nohut pilavı.

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Hünkar Beğendi: Lamb Stew over Smoky Eggplant Purée

The definitive hünkar beğendi recipe: slow-simmered Turkish lamb stew served over beğendi — fire-roasted eggplant folded into a kaşar-cheese béchamel — with the Ottoman "Sultan's Delight" origin story, an ingredient...

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Adana Kebab at Home: Authentic Spicy Turkish Recipe

The authentic spicy kebab of Adana, adapted honestly for US kitchens: fatty ground lamb kneaded with pul biber, pressed onto flat skewers, and grilled hot and fast — with the...

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