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| Need Turkish Recipe |
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| eleanor |
| 11/11/02 at 01:45:00 |
| Bismillah [slm] My husband told me one of his Turkish colleagues had brought some really nice pastry thingies for lunch one day. He described it as a croissant filled with goat's cheese. I determined to try to make them for Iftar one day. Except it all went wrong :'( I thought what he described as a croissant was really a Borek. I didn't know what kind of pastry it was so I bought some pastry leaves from a Turkish shop and some Danish cheese (young Turkish sales guy said Danish cheese was for baking) and tried it out at home. 1) the pastry leaves were *really* thin 2) they wouldn't stay together when I had rolled up the cheese 3) they didn't look *anything* like a croissant 4) when I baked them for the designated time on the packet (ca.20 mins at 220) they just went really crunchy and kind of burnt. Anyways this was a disaster and didn't at all impress my husband :'( At least I had made something else too and wasn't relying on these thingies for Iftar but it wasn't pleasant. So... Do any of you know what I am talking about and do any of you have the *real* recipe for these croissant things. My husband says they are not a borek but really a croissant ??? By the way I still have about 30 of those pastry leaves and I don't know what to do with them |
| Re: Need Turkish Recipe |
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| Duha |
| 11/14/02 at 13:21:03 |
| [wlm] You can try n check this site to see if they've got what you're looking for http://www.turkish14.homestead.com/pastries.html Why don't you make regular puffs with the remaining of the pastry? :-* I love em:D |
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| Anonymous |
| 11/24/02 at 02:57:45 |
| I happen to have just checked out what looks to be a very nice book on Turkish cooking, called "Classical Turkish Cooking" by Ayla Algar. I took a look through it and two recipes sounded sort of like what you described (I'm not Turkish and I don't really eat much Turkish food, so...). One is Filo Cheese Rolls (Beyaz Peynirli ve Kasar Peynirli Sigara Boregi); she makes two versions, one is Kasseri cheese and one is a mix of Feta and cream cheese to overcome the saltiness of most feta. The basic idea is either 3/4 - 1 lb. grated kasseri cheese OR 8-9 oz. crumbled feta + 6 oz. cream cheese, with 1/3 c. flat leaf parsley and 2 small eggs (beaten) -- you may not need to add the entire second egg if it starts to get really thin. Add 2 Tablespoons chives if you use feta. Mix and put on the filo dough, divided into 3 strips (6 x 12 inches). supposedly makes 10. Use 1/2 lb filo and about 1 stick butter. The other is Anatolian Borek (Su Boregi) as you suspected She has a recipe for the dough; she doesn't use filo for this. The process sounds very complex. This is somewhat similar to the recipe given in the link provided by the previous person, for Flaky Cheese Pastry, at http://www.turkish14.homestead.com/pastries.html although this doesn't have a recipe for the dough This sounds kinda complicated, especially for a beginner. I'd try the first one, hope it's tasty, and then if you really want to make it, get a recipe from the person who brought it to his workplace! :) If you want to start making a lot of Turkish food (or anything you don't know much about), try to find a buddy to teach you, or if you're good at this, get a cookbook and try to teach yourself. It's too frustrating otherwise. :D Oh I found this too: http://new.mega-zine.com/kitchen/appetizers/recipe619.html |
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| jannah |
| 11/24/02 at 04:44:17 |
| [slm] Ok I think there's some kind of Arab/Turkish dish that uses filo and ground beef and makes some kind of baklavaish/lasagna thing going on, with layers of filo and layers of ground beef. Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? :) I really am into making it got the filo and everything... just looking for a good recipe? let me know if you know of one inshallah ;) |
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| bhaloo |
| 11/24/02 at 09:53:37 |
| [slm] [quote author=jannah link=board=kabob;num=1036997100;start=0#3 date=11/24/02 at 04:44:17] Ok I think there's some kind of Arab/Turkish dish that uses filo and ground beef and makes some kind of baklavaish/lasagna thing going on, with layers of filo and layers of ground beef. Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? :) [/quote] Yeah, its good stuff, one syrian restaurant around here had baklava from there and some pakistani samosas make use of the ground beef as well. At least when my mom used to make them. |
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