The national cuisine of Turkey is a delicious mix of East Asian-Mediterranean traditions. I want to stay at main 10 dishes of Turkish cuisineenjoying a well-deserved reputation among tourists.
Simit
Not a single breakfast in the best hotels in Turkey can do without simit - a kind of bagel with sesame seeds, which is eaten with jam or cheese. Simit can be large, maybe with drying. Buying a ticket to Turkey involves a mandatory tasting of such a donut.
Gozleme
Pure Turkish cuisine is Gözleme - a tortilla with a filling. Such a cake is baked in a special frying pan and begins, as a rule, with spinach, seafood, cheese, minced meat or eggs - how the cook’s fantasy works.
Mutanjan
Lamb meat cooked with dried fruits, mutanjana, is distinguished by a special taste. Lamb can be replaced with lamb - this will not at all distort the taste of this unusual dish. The main thing is that the products are fresh.
Iskander
A popular kind of kebab is Iskander - thin slices of lamb meat stewed with chopped tortilla, butter and yogurt. Buying last-minute tours to Turkey, take the opportunity to taste the best dishes of the country.
Köfte
Each region of Turkey disputes its recipe for the preparation of special meatballs-cutlets - köfte. It is preferable to cook this dish from lamb or ground beef with the addition of onions, red pepper and garlic.
Turkish Stuffed Mussels
A special dish, quite spicy and sprinkled with lemon juice, but very loved by tourists and locals alike. An important property of stuffed mussels is their usefulness and satiety.
Raw cutlets
The peculiar taste of Turkish raw cutlets seasoned with spices. According to folk customs, only a man should knead minced meat on such cutlets. Purchasing a ticket to Turkey will provide an opportunity to taste the vegetarian variety of raw cutlets - from bulgur.
Turkish omelet
Eggs, tomatoes, onions and peppers are the main components of the Turkish omelet, however, as elsewhere. You can add cheese and ham - the dish will become more satisfying.
Baklava and Turkish delight
Sweet tooth has long appreciated the unsurpassed Turkish baklava (puff pastry with walnuts or pistachios, soaked in sugar, lemon juice and pink water) and Turkish delight (sugar dessert with flour and starch, as well as with any nuts).
Tea and coffee
And a separate item on the Turkish menu, of course, are Turkish coffee and tea. Real Turkish coffee is always brewed in a Turk. Unforgettable last-minute tours to Turkey - this is Turkish coffee, including with real foam, the drink itself and coffee grounds. Foam, by the way, retains the aroma of varieties of this drink for a long time. It is best to brew coffee in a copper or silver Turk (quite an expensive pleasure).
Tea at the Turks is a favorite drink. Brew it in a two-tiered teapot and served in small glass cups. Moreover, the Turks prefer their finely ground tea grown on the Black Sea coast.
Hospitable Turks are always ready to offer tourists the best masterpieces of their cuisine. As a rule, eating is one of the important components of relaxation in another country, so feel free to taste and enjoy! Enjoy your meal!
