By Greg Malouf, Lucy Malouf

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Following on from their good fortune with Saha, Greg and Lucy Malouf pride us another time, bringing their very own inimitable combination of foodstuff and trip writing to the Turkish culinary panorama as soon as which is still apparently unexplored through many folks within the Western international. In Turquoise, Greg and Lucy trip via a land the place the wealthy range of weather, nation-state and structure offer a becoming heritage for an equivalent sort and richness of food. sign up for them as they stopover at spice markets and tiny soup kitchens, flavor fish sandwiches at the Bosphorus, get pleasure from Ottoman banquets in positive eating places and drink chay in historical tea homes.

Inspired through the meals they notice alongside the best way, many of the recipes in Turquoise are classics, corresponding to Slowcooked Lamb with Quince; Dumplings full of Cheese and Mint; and Sticky Pistachio Baklava. Many extra spring from greg's distinctive expertise and mind's eye, which mix the following to create dishes like highly spiced purple Pepper Soup with 'Hamsi' Toasts; Braised Wild vegetables with Lemon; 'Tulum' Cheese Salad with Roasted Walnuts, Rocket and Mint; and Clotted Cream Ice Cream with Apricots and clean Honeycomb.

Turkey is an engaging land, teeming with thoughts of Sultans and harems, of Byzantine church buildings and Seljuk mosques, of historical kingdoms and towns gone to dirt. lovely images beings the enticing tales and intriguing delicacies to existence. In Turquoise you'll percentage the Malouf's unforgettable trip and detect a rare international that may shock and enjoyment.

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Strain the stock into a large, heavy-based saucepan, then add the rice and slowly bring to the boil. Simmer gently, covered, for 30 minutes until the rice has broken down and begun to thicken the soup. Add the corn kernels. To stabilise the yoghurt, beat it in a large bowl until smooth. Mix the cornflour with the water, then stir it thoroughly into the yoghurt with the egg. Gently stir a spoonful of the hot soup into the yoghurt mixture, then pour this back into the barely simmering soup. Cook at a bare simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring in one direction only.

We scooped and dunked and sipped greedily, and then the main event arrived. There was Greg’s lahmacun, a crisp dough base smeared with spicy lamb paste and sprinkled with hot red pepper flakes. The pide were long and skinny, with the edges rolled in to contain the generous toppings: egg and spicy sucuk sausage and melting soft white cheese. There may not have been swooning Imams, or delighted Sultans, but we all agreed, for a simple soup and sandwich lunch, and our first meal in Turkey, things just don’t get much better than that!

Turn off the heat and leave the chicken in the stock for 20 minutes. Pull the chicken meat off the bone and shred it as finely as you can. Reserve for later. Strain the stock into a large, heavy-based saucepan, then add the rice and slowly bring to the boil. Simmer gently, covered, for 30 minutes until the rice has broken down and begun to thicken the soup. Add the corn kernels. To stabilise the yoghurt, beat it in a large bowl until smooth. Mix the cornflour with the water, then stir it thoroughly into the yoghurt with the egg.

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