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Turkish recipes for guests

Dishes and desserts that look special when guests come over, most of which can be prepared ahead.

Recipes

Mince-stuffed karnıyarık garnished with tomato and pepper on a plate

Karnıyarık (stuffed aubergines)

1 h 5 minMedium

Diced meat and pepper on aubergine purée on a copper plate

Hünkar beğendi (sultan's delight)

1 h 40 minHard

Adana kebab served with charred tomato and pepper

Adana kebab

1 h 37 minMedium

İskender with meat, tomato sauce and yoghurt on pide on a plate

İskender kebab

2 h 40 minMedium

Mantı on a plate with garlic yoghurt and chilli butter

Kayseri mantı (tiny Turkish dumplings)

1 h 50 minHard

İzmir köfte baked with potatoes in tomato sauce on a plate

İzmir köfte (baked meatballs and potatoes)

1 h 5 minEasy

Grilled chicken pieces, tomato and green pepper on a plate

Chicken shish (tavuk şiş)

2 h 30 minEasy

Tas kebabı with a thick sauce on a plate

Tas kebabı (slow-cooked beef stew)

1 h 45 minEasy

Grilled köfte with rice and charred pepper on a plate

Grilled köfte (Turkish meatballs)

1 h 27 minEasy

Olive oil stuffed vine leaves on a plate with lemon slices

Yaprak sarma (stuffed vine leaves)

1 h 50 minHard

Imam bayildi with a tomato filling on a white plate

İmam bayıldı

1 h 10 minMedium

Olive oil artichokes stuffed with a rice filling

Zeytinyağlı enginar (olive oil artichokes)

1 hMedium

Fluffy rice pilaf with orzo in a black pan

Pirinç pilavı (buttery rice pilaf)

55 minEasy

Spiced iç pilav with currants on a plate

İç pilav (spiced pilaf with pine nuts)

1 h 5 minMedium

Kısır garnished with green salad and olives on a plate

Kısır (bulgur salad)

25 minEasy

Thick haydari meze on a white plate

Haydari (strained yoghurt dip)

40 minEasy

Finely chopped red spicy ezme on a white plate

Acılı ezme (spicy tomato relish)

50 minEasy

Lahmacun served on a plate with lemon, rocket and onion

Lahmacun

1 h 55 minMedium

Sliced minced meat pide on a plate

Kıymalı pide (minced meat pide)

1 h 40 minMedium

Golden layered su böreği in a round tray

Su böreği

2 h 10 minHard

Soft poğaça rolls on a plate with a lace cloth

Cheese poğaça

1 h 50 minEasy

Poached eggs on garlic yoghurt with chilli butter on a white plate

Çılbır

15 minMedium

Pieces of Antep pistachio baklava on a white plate

Pistachio baklava

1 h 30 min + restingHard

Baked rice pudding with a browned top in a clay dish

Baked sütlaç (rice pudding)

3 hMedium

Slice of fried künefe topped with pistachios on a plate

Künefe

35 minMedium

Rolled kazandibi with a caramelised surface on a plate

Kazandibi

3 h 35 minMedium

Triangular slice of syrup-soaked revani on a plate

Revani

1 h 50 minEasy

Aşure topped with pomegranate and nuts in a glass bowl

Aşure

1 h 50 min + restingMedium

Golden syrup-soaked tulumba in a glass bowl

Tulumba

1 h 50 minMedium

Frothy Turkish coffee being poured from a copper cezve into a cup

Turkish coffee

5 minEasy

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

Hamsili pilav (anchovy rice)

1 h 25 minHard

Sliced long, thin Konya etli ekmek with minced meat on a table

Etli ekmek (Konya meat flatbread)

1 h 45 minMedium

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

Testi kebabı (clay pot kebab)

3 h 25 minMedium

Layered cağ kebab browning on a horizontal skewer in front of a wood fire

Cağ kebabı (Erzurum skewered lamb)

45 min + restingHard

Sliced layered kete topped with nigella seeds on a white plate

Kete (Erzurum filled pastry)

2 h 5 minMedium

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