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Turkish winter recipes

Hot soups, pulses and pot stews for cold days.

Recipes

Yellow red lentil soup served with lemon in a white bowl

Red lentil soup (mercimek çorbası)

40 minEasy

Orange ezogelin soup in a white bowl

Ezogelin soup (ezogelin çorbası)

45 minEasy

White bowl of yayla soup with red butter drizzled on top

Yoghurt and rice soup (yayla çorbası)

35 minMedium

Thick tarhana soup in a white bowl

Tarhana soup (tarhana çorbası)

20 minEasy

Diced meat and pepper on aubergine purée on a copper plate

Hünkar beğendi (sultan's delight)

1 h 40 minHard

Mantı on a plate with garlic yoghurt and chilli butter

Kayseri mantı (tiny Turkish dumplings)

1 h 50 minHard

White beans cooked in a tomato pepper sauce on a plate

Kuru fasulye (Turkish white bean stew)

1 h 45 min + restingEasy

İzmir köfte baked with potatoes in tomato sauce on a plate

İzmir köfte (baked meatballs and potatoes)

1 h 5 minEasy

Tas kebabı with a thick sauce on a plate

Tas kebabı (slow-cooked beef stew)

1 h 45 minEasy

Baked rice pudding with a browned top in a clay dish

Baked sütlaç (rice pudding)

3 hMedium

Aşure topped with pomegranate and nuts in a glass bowl

Aşure

1 h 50 min + restingMedium

Hot salep sprinkled with cinnamon in a flowered cup

Salep

14 minEasy

Stringy kuymak served with a wooden spoon in a copper pan

Kuymak (Black Sea cornmeal and cheese)

20 minEasy

Round tray of pilaf covered in anchovies, fresh from the oven

Hamsili pilav (anchovy rice)

1 h 25 minHard

Meat and vegetable kebab served from an opened clay pot at the table

Testi kebabı (clay pot kebab)

3 h 25 minMedium

Sliced layered kete topped with nigella seeds on a white plate

Kete (Erzurum filled pastry)

2 h 5 minMedium

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