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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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Lavaş vs. Tortilla: What's the Difference?

A side-by-side look at lavaş and tortilla: what each bread is made of, how leavening and fat change the way they wrap, when you can substitute one for the other, and how to store, reheat and freeze both.

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Turkish Bread Guide: Simit, Pide, Bazlama, Lavaş & More

A roundup guide to eight Turkish breads — simit, pide (including Ramazan pidesi), bazlama, lavaş, ekmek, yufka, açma, and poğaça — covering texture, how each is eaten, a comparison table,...

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Sigara Böreği: Crispy Turkish Cheese Rolls (Recipe)

A step-by-step recipe for sigara böreği, the classic Turkish cheese rolls: thin yufka pastry filled with beyaz peynir or feta and parsley, then fried or baked until golden and crisp....

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