It’s not often we write about Turkish desserts or sweetie goodness on this blog because neither of us has a particularly sweet tooth. However, the holy month of Ramadan has ended and now, Ramaz...
https://www.turkeysforlife.com/2014/07/turkish-food-sweets-desserts-seker-bayram.html
In Turkish, kalbur means sieve and bas means to press. So the little markings on the kalburabastı sweets you can see below are where the dough has been pressed against a sieve to form the patter...
https://www.turkeysforlife.com/2013/09/kalburabasti-turkish-food-sweets-tatli.html
As we’re in the second day of Ramazan Bayramı, the three-day festival following Ramazan, it seems only fitting to acknowledge this with a post about one of Turkey’s most famous desserts, kü...
https://www.turkeysforlife.com/2012/08/turkish-food-sweets-kunefe-kadayif.html
We were chatting with a friend a few nights ago about how Turkey seems to be rediscovering and embracing old traditions. 11 years ago, we came to Fethiye on holiday and smoked a nargile (water pi...
https://www.turkeysforlife.com/2011/04/turkish-food-osmanli-macunu.html
The first time we came across aşure was Christmas Day a few years ago. We were doing the rounds, bearing gifts and a few stops had been planned. Then we would return home for Christmas dinner. T...
https://www.turkeysforlife.com/2010/12/turkish-food-asure.html