Ottoman Cuisine-Turkish Cooking Class, Middle Eastern Dishes

A great variety of mouth watering dishes in Turkish cuisine which is mostly the heritage of Ottoman cuisine.

What you'll learn
Learn to cook Turkish traditional mezes and dishes in a very simple way
Engaging with one of the richest cuisine in history
Gain the newest kitchen skills
A new perspectives on every day food
Requirements
Passion for cooking and engaging new cultures. Everybody from all aspects are welcome to this class.
Description
Turkish cuisine one of the world's great cuisines. It reflects the long history of this land…A great variety of mouth watering dishes in Turkish cuisine which is mostly the heritage of Ottoman cuisine. It is the mixture and refinement of Central Asian, Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisines. Therefore it is impossible to fit Turkish cuisine into a short list.Anatolia is blessed with varied climate which allows the country to get almost everything on its land. Turkey is one of the few countries in the world that has been self sustaining, producing all its own food. Turkish cuisine traditionally is NOT spicy, except in the southeast part of the country, where preparations can reflect a hot Middle Eastern(Arabic) food influence. But now in evertwhere you are able to find restaurants that sell that kind of spicy dishesTurks have a big diversity of vegetables and of course this reflects on the dishes. One very important detail about vegetable dishes is whether they have meat in them or not.

Overview

Section 1: MEZES, APPETIZERS

Lecture 1 LENTIL BALLS, MERCİMEK KÖFTESİ

Lecture 2 MÜCVER, ZUCCHINI CAKE

Lecture 3 EGGPLANT SALAD, PATLICAN SALATASI

Lecture 4 MENEMEN

Section 2: OTTOMAN DISHES WITH MEAT

Lecture 5 DOLMA WITH MEAT, KABAK DOLMASI

Lecture 6 HEALTHY KEBAB IN PAPER, KAĞIT KEBABI

Lecture 7 KARNIYARIK - STUFFED EGGPLANTS

Lecture 8 ISLIM KEBABI

Section 3: PILAFS

Lecture 9 RICE PILAF WITH ARTICHOKES

Who likes enjoying cooking, food and culture