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Tavuk Suyu Çorbası: Turkish Chicken Soup (Recipe)

How to make tavuk suyu çorbası, the Turkish household chicken soup: poaching a whole chicken into a clear broth, shredding the meat back in, and choosing between a şehriye finish and an egg-yolk-and-lemon terbiye, with fixes for curdling.

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Kabak Tatlısı: Turkish Candied Pumpkin Dessert (Recipe)

How to make kabak tatlısı, the Turkish candied pumpkin dessert: choosing a dense winter squash, layering sugar on the raw pieces so they make their own syrup overnight, judging doneness, and finishing with walnuts, tahini or kaymak.

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Tavuklu Pilav: Turkish Chicken and Rice (Recipe)

Tavuklu pilav is Turkish rice pilaf cooked in chicken poaching stock and finished with hand-shredded chicken. This guide covers the street-cart version, which rice to buy, rinsing and soaking, a full recipe in US measurements, and how it compares to other Turkish pilafs.

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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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Ispanak Kavurma: Turkish Sautéed Spinach with Eggs (Recipe)

A weeknight recipe for ıspanak kavurma, Turkish sautéed spinach with eggs cooked on top. Covers fresh versus frozen spinach, the onion and paste base, pul biber, the lid-on egg step, garlic yogurt, the rice variation, and fixes for watery or bitter spinach.

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Zerde: Turkey's Saffron Celebration Pudding (Recipe)

Zerde is Turkey's golden, dairy-free saffron rice pudding, served at weddings and celebrations since Ottoman times. Authentic step-by-step recipe, plus the history behind the color and where to buy every...

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