Turkish Archives - Closet Cooking https://www.closetcooking.com/category/turkish/ Cooking adventures in a small, closet sized, kitchen. - I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:30:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://www.closetcooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Turkish Archives - Closet Cooking https://www.closetcooking.com/category/turkish/ 32 32 Turkish Pasta https://www.closetcooking.com/turkish-pasta/ https://www.closetcooking.com/turkish-pasta/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:10:50 +0000 https://www.closetcooking.com/?p=87780

Turkish Pasta (aka kiymali makarna) is a flavour packed pasta topped with a lemon and garlic yogurt sauce, seasoned beef, fresh tomatoes, chili butter, parsley and sumac! I have been seeing recipes for kiymali makarna all over the internet and it looked so good that I had to make it! The recipe consists of pasta...

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]]> https://www.closetcooking.com/turkish-pasta/feed/ 0 Kanafeh/Künefe (Sweet Cheese Pastry) https://www.closetcooking.com/kanafeh-sweet-cheese-pastry/ https://www.closetcooking.com/kanafeh-sweet-cheese-pastry/#comments Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:28:00 +0000 https://www.closetcooking.com/2013/11/15/kanafeh-sweet-cheese-pastry/

A pastry consisting of hot cheese in between layers crispy shredded phyllo dough in a sweet syrup that is common in Greece, Turkey, Israel and many other countries in the area. A few months ago I got an email inviting me to explore Israel, it’s people and it’s cuisine on a project called Taste of...

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]]> https://www.closetcooking.com/kanafeh-sweet-cheese-pastry/feed/ 71 Baba Ghanoush Topped with Lamb and Yogurt https://www.closetcooking.com/baba-ghanoush-topped-with-lamb/ https://www.closetcooking.com/baba-ghanoush-topped-with-lamb/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:43:00 +0000 https://www.closetcooking.com/2010/07/15/baba-ghanoush-topped-with-lamb/

Not too long ago I made some seasoned pulled lamb and when I hit the end of the week I had not had a chance to finish it all so I tossed what was left into the freezer to use later. As luck would have it I then came across a new dish called ali...

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]]> https://www.closetcooking.com/baba-ghanoush-topped-with-lamb/feed/ 22 Imam Baildi https://www.closetcooking.com/imam-baildi/ https://www.closetcooking.com/imam-baildi/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:02:00 +0000 https://www.closetcooking.com/2009/10/10/imam-baildi/

When I was at the farmers market picking up the red peppers and the tomatoes for the gemista that I recently made, I could not resist picking some up some eggplants and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them. Another one of the more memorable dishes that I tried in Greece was...

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]]> https://www.closetcooking.com/imam-baildi/feed/ 32 Spanakopita (Greek Spinach Pie) https://www.closetcooking.com/spanakopita-greek-spinach-pie/ https://www.closetcooking.com/spanakopita-greek-spinach-pie/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:41:00 +0000 https://www.closetcooking.com/2008/04/23/spanakopita-greek-spinach-pie/

A Greek style spinach and feta pie wrapped in light and flaky golden brown phyllo dough. The abundance of fresh herbs including dill as what truly makes this pie special. I have been wanting to try making spanakopita ever since I started exploring Greek cuisine. Spanakopita is a Greek pastry filled with spinach and cheese....

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]]> https://www.closetcooking.com/spanakopita-greek-spinach-pie/feed/ 91 Baklava https://www.closetcooking.com/baklava/ https://www.closetcooking.com/baklava/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:44:00 +0000 https://www.closetcooking.com/2008/03/24/baklava/

Light and flaky phyllo pastry layered with walnuts and cinnamon covered in a honey based syrup. Baklava is one of my all time favorite desserts and I have been wanting to try making it for a while now. I kept putting it off because the recipe sounded a little bit intimidating. The baklava has actually...

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