Turkish food – Pie Reimagined

Gozleme

Our oven has been on the fritz so I haven’t been able to bake since Christmas dinner. I found this fabulous recipe from Ozlem Warren’s blog for a borek that I had in Adana, Turkey from a street vendor. These are easy to make and yummy. My husband served his with sliced lemon.

Another sort of pie

I stopped at Sevan bakery to get spinach pies and saw these beauties at the top of the cooler. This is a basic dough that is filled with either meat or cheese filling. At times they will put an egg on top of the meat filling to bake along with a pastry. I would loveContinue reading “Another sort of pie”

Turkish Yogurt Soup

I haven’t been feeling well recently thus my lack of motivation to bake. Unfortunately I suspect a sinus infection. My favorite medicine is a big pot of soup. We had a lot of home made yogurt that I wanted to use up. This a perfect soup to make when you want a fast dinner butContinue reading “Turkish Yogurt Soup”

Su Borek

I’m continuing my theme of making savory pies. For dinner tonight, I made Su Borek or water pastry. This is one of my favorite Turkish dishes. I have a round pan that we purchased at Sevan Bakery in Watertown, most likely for baklava. Su Borek 6 pieces of phyllo pastryApprox. 4 cups of crumbled fetaContinue reading “Su Borek”