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Home style tray bake Turkish meatballs.
Sheet pan dinner with Middle Eastern flavors: Marinated yogurt chicken thighs roasted with carrots, potatoes and Lebanese-inspired spices. Beyond delicious, easy, and simple to prepare. Serve with pita bread and a leafy salad for a flavorful meal!
Recipe video above. The marinade for the chicken is so sensational that I use it even when I'm not making Gyros! This is fantastic for entertaining because you can just lay it all out for guests to help themselves. The smell when the chicken is cooking is incredible - you can really smell the oregano and garlic!
This Balkan recipe for tulumbe is a popular pastry that is fried or baked and then saturated with simple syrup. Give this sweet treat a try!
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Two very irresistible and frothy iced coffee drinks are compared. Learn how to make Dalgona coffee and Greek frappe, and learn the differences
Home style tray bake Turkish meatballs.
Pistachio Cardamom Rose Loaf (Vegan & Gluten-free) A deliciously nutty pistachio loaf flavoured with aromatic cardamom and topped with a silky pink rose flavoured frosting. Decorated with chopped pistachios and pomegranate seeds to add a pretty pop of colour contrast. A couple of days ago I posted a pistachio cardamom thumbprint cookie recipe and it made me realise how much I love that flavour combination. As you may be able to tell this loaf is inspired by Middle Eastern flavours. Pistachios, cardamom, rose and pomegranate are all essential ingredients in Middle Eastern cooking and especially desserts. Think baklava meats Turkish delight. This is what this cake tastes like to me. And I’m a huge fan of both baklava AND Turkish delight! I absolutely love sweet, …
Recreate a Greek culinary classic at home with this quick and easy Greek Fava recipe. Just a handful of ingredients and 30 minutes are all you need to enjoy this rich, smooth dip with your favorite bread and vegetables.
Difficulty: Easy
These delicious Bifteki patties are one of my favs for an easy meal. The beef is mixed with some simple ingredients and the patties are served with potatoes and topped with feta.
Bursting with flavour, these chicken skewers are perfect for a party
Tiropitas, feta-cottage-cheese-and-egg filled fillo triangles, are always a party favorite. They can also be made ahead and stashed in the freezer.
Hello everybody! I am so excited to show you how to make vegetarian or vegan kimchi today. It's from my new cookbook! How long have you been waiting for this recipe? Or maybe you made your own adaptation of my traditional kimchi recipe or my easy kimchi recipe? When people asked me how to make...
Zoals de naam van het recept al verklapt is dit mijn favoriete gehaktbal recept. De gehaktballen zijn gemaakt van rundergehakt, croutons, zoete ui, worcestersaus en verschillende kruiden.
These Greek halloumi wraps will feed a hungry crowd at your next BBQ
Cooked peas in a rich olive oil-tomato sauce, accompanied with tangy feta and good bread to dip in the yummy juices.
Flaky layered pastry,crackling with every bite, irresistibly decadent no matter what the filling is. Whether you choose cheese, minced beef, chocolate, coconut and raisins, halwa or muhallabieh, th…
Seriously good-tasting Pork Souvlaki (skewers). Wrapped inside pita flatbread along with thick and creamy Tzatziki tomatoes and onions.
Discover the wonders of Greek Gigantes - giant beans that transform into a culinary delight! Slow cooked in a luscious tomato sauce, these creamy, tender beans pair perfectly with toasted crusty bread. Definitely, a sumptuous vegetarian feast!
Today I'm going to show my my all-time favorite fast and easy recipe for a quick, spicy salad that can be made from a head of lettuce. When my napa cabbage kimchi gets old and sour, I sometimes crave a fresher kimchi that's not so aged. Sangchu-geotjeori is a bright, spicy, lightly seasoned...
Galaktoboureko is a delicious traditional Greek dessert made with Fillo Pastry. Galaktoboureko can also be made using Kataifi Pastry. Galaktoboureko is made using a semolina custard and it is drenched in a sugar syrup. It is a wonderful traditional Greek dessert that everyone will love. Kataifi gala
This light, doughy, super soft bread is swirled with herb butter and hinted with garlic. A delicious, extra fancy companion to your dinner table...easy, but impressive!
Moist and soft meatballs baked in a rich, Eastern-spiced tomato sauce.
Galaktoboureko, a Greek classic dessert filled with phyllo and a custard filling.
Home style tray bake Turkish meatballs.
Acma is a well-known pastry that you could find easily in any bakery in Turkey. To be able to make it right at home, some secrets must be known. First of all, ingredients should be in room tempera…
A delicious pie with a creamy chicken filling flavored with bell peppers and cheese. Topped with homemade filo!
Dream layers of flaky phyllo dough are filled with a vanilla custard and topped off with pistachios and honey for a new take on an elegant Greek pastry.
Turkish Dessert Tulumba is a simple yet tasty dessert!
If you want this delicate custard wrapped up by layers of thin, crunchy phyllo bathed in delicious, succulent syrup, you should make galaktoboureko, the famous Greek custard pie.
The sauce borrows from the idea of tsatsiki and all those Middle-Eastern yogurt salads — it is a cool, pungent accompaniment to the tender, but not strongly flavoured, chicken. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
Arakas laderos is a Greek, vegan or Lenten dish, with peas, carrots, potatoes and herbs cooked, in a rich olive oil tomato sauce
This gluten-free beer batter recipe creates a crisp, light, and golden coating for fried fish, onion rings, mushrooms, other veggies, and shrimp.
Traditional Russian meatballs aka Tefteli are soft, juicy and intensely flavored. Paired with creamy tomato sauce is the best thing you ever tried!
These flavor-packed grape leaves are stuffed with a tantalizing mixture of rice; meat; and loads of fresh herbs and warm spices, then cooked in a bright lemony broth. I learned how to make stuffed grape leaves in my mother’s Mediterranean kitchen many years ago, and I’m sharing all her expert tips and tricks with step-by-step photos to show you (be sure to read the post.)
This is Rick Stein's Kozani Chicken from his TV series Long Weekends. This Greek chicken dish is loaded with sweet prunes, fragrant saffron and smoky paprika. It's one of Rick Stein's favourites from the whole series.
Making gluten-free dumpling wrappers is easy with this tutorial on rolling, filling, and pleating gluten-free dumplings! With just gluten-free flours and water, these pliable gluten-free dumpling wrappers can be used to make gluten-free potstickers or gyoza.
Moist and soft meatballs baked in a rich, Eastern-spiced tomato sauce.
