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What tarhana is, how it is made at the end of summer, and how to turn two spoonfuls of it into a smooth, tangy winter soup in twenty minutes without lumps.
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Pumpkin left overnight under sugar, then poached slowly in its own juice until glossy and amber. Served cold with tahini, crushed walnuts and clotted cream.
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Menemen is soft eggs folded into tomatoes and green peppers, eaten from the pan with bread. How to get it right, the onion question and a weekend breakfast plan.
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Poğaça are soft savoury buns filled with white cheese and parsley. A yogurt and oil dough, exact proving times, neat shaping and how to freeze them unbaked.
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Chunks of beef or lamb browned in batches, then simmered with onion, tomato and pepper paste until soft enough to break with a spoon. Best made a day ahead.
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Piyaz is a Turkish salad of tender white beans with sumac onion, parsley and egg. Here is the Antalya version with tahini dressing, and the sharper vinegar one.
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Flat green beans cooked slowly with onion, tomato and plenty of olive oil, then left to cool in the pot: the gentle Turkish olive-oil dish that tastes best tomorrow.
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Pul biber, isot, sumac, dried mint, pomegranate molasses, pekmez and tahini: what each one does in Turkish cooking, how to buy it and how to keep it fresh.
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Whole aubergines cooked in olive oil under a soft filling of onion, garlic and tomato, then left overnight: the cool Turkish dish worth making a day ahead.
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Fırın sütlaç is creamy rice pudding set in small bowls and browned under the grill in a water bath. Exact ratios, the sugar choice and timings to get it right.
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How to plan an iftar meal at home: dates and water, soup, a main, pilaf, salad and a light sweet, with a make-ahead list and an hour-by-hour cooking plan.
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One rice, mince and herb filling for peppers, courgettes and tomatoes, simmered in one pot and served warm with garlic yogurt and a little hot butter.
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