ISTANBUL TURKISH COOKING CLASS

TURKISH RAVIOLI

2011-10-29T19:15:00.000-07:00

For Dough:

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Half-cup water
Half-cup milk
1 tea spoon sugar,
Half-teaspoon salt,
Half-teaspoon yeast,
1 tbsp oil

Preparation:

Mix them up and make a nice dough and cover with the plastic bag, wait 15 min.
Then, cut the dough into 9 or 10 pieces, cover again, wait 15 min. more
Make 8 or 10 inch tortillas ( or you can buy the tortillas from the store)
Roast one small onion with 5 tbsp oil in the pan,
then add 2 or 3 garlic clover,
add 1 1/2 pound ground beef,
add 1 tbsp tomatoes paste
After that add 2 medium size tomatoes
Lastly add 2 cups water and let them boil (mix it all the time, don’t let it dry, it should be nice and juicy)
Spread put the mixture on the tortillas
Serve with a yogurt

Bon Apetit

Afiyet Olsun.

CRANBERRY COOKIES

2011-10-29T19:13:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour
1-teaspoon baking powder
5 tbsp butter.
Less than 1 cup milk or 1 cup heavy cream
1-cup cranberry
Half cup white chips
Half cup butter scotch chips

Preparation:Mix up the flour, baking powder and butterThen add milk and make a nice doughAdd rest of them and make a rollCut them 8 to 10 pieces. Spray oil or non stick paper in a baking tray Bake at 380 F for 25 min or 30 min For glaze: 1 cup powder sugar, half cup lemon juice and 1 lemon zest mix in the panBoil the mixPut the glaze on the cookies (use the brush for glaze ).

Bon Apetit
Afiyet Olsun

Turkish Cooking Class Monthly Schedule

2011-10-29T19:10:00.000-07:00

Turkish Cooking Class Monthly Schedule

2011-2012

Saturday, 29 October: Turkish Tabbouleh (Kısır), Cinnamon-Apple Cake

Saturday, 26 November: Stuffed peppers and zucchini, Shepherd's Salad

Saturday, 28 January: Potato Borek, Fig Cake

Saturday, 25 February: Traditional Turkish Red Lentil Soup, Rice Pilaf

Saturday, 31 March: Chicken Shish Kabob, Bulgur Pilaf

Saturday, 28 April: Turkish Meatballs, Rice Pudding

Saturday, 26 May: Lentil Pate, Cheese Pastries

Fall 2008 and 2009 are finalized with a wonderful graduation party.

2009-03-16T08:06:00.001-07:00

Our cooking classes of fall 2008 and 2009 are finalized with a wonderful graduation party. In this last cooking class and party, we learned how to cook Baklava, one of the most traditional Turkish deserts, wathced a slide show of perivious classes, run contests such as taste contest, box game, and yes-no contest and finally presented the graduation certificates. New session of classes will start soon.

February 7th, 2009 Turkish Cooking Class

2009-02-21T22:46:00.000-08:00

For our 7th cooking class on February 15, our cook was Nurdan Ozarslan. She showed us three recipes. First one is Feta Cheese Borek with Tortilla, second one is chocolate cake and the third one is carrot salad. All of the recipes were easy to make and turned out great!

Bon Appetite!

Every class, we run a small contest. For this class, it was grating the carrots. As a prize, one of the class members won an evil eye necklace.

Carrot Salad

2009-02-21T22:35:00.001-08:00

Ingredients:

5-6 carrots
3-4 tbs olive oil
3-4 clove garlic
¾ cup plain yogurt
2 tbs mayonnaise
Salt to taste
Parsley, a bunch

Preparation:

· Grate the carrots and sauté carrots and garlic in olive oil for about 10 minutes.

· Combine yogurt and mayonnaise, and mix this with fried carrots.

Decorate with parsley.

Afiyet olsun..

Bon appetit..

Chocolate Cake

2009-02-21T22:09:00.000-08:00

Ingredients:

1,5 pack chocolate graham crackers, crushed
300 gr whipped cream
1 cup chocolate drops

For Chocolate Sauce:

1 can chocolate fudge frosting
200 ml (3/4 cup) milk

For Decoration:

100 gr whipped cream

Preparation:

· To prepare chocolate sauce, heat milk, then add chocolate fudge, and mix continuously until it boils. Allow to cool to lukewarm.

Combine crushed crackers, whipped cream and chocolate drops. Pout this mixture into a pan.

Pour warm chocolate sauce over the mixture.

Decorate with whipped cream.

Afiyet olsun..

Bon appetit..

***The cook of the Chocolate Cake is Nurdan OZARSLAN

FETA CHEESE BOREK WITH TORTILLAS

2009-02-21T21:52:00.000-08:00

INGREDIENTS

3 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 bunch Italian parsley, minced
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
1 Cup Feta cheese, shredded
1 Package of Tortillas (10 sheets) 8 SHEETS ENOUGH

DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together cheese and parsley.(This would be the filling of Borek)

2. In another bowl, mix together oil, eggs & water.(This would be the sauce of Borek)

3. Keep tortillas in warm water until they are soft.

4. One sheet at a time, place a tortilla in an oiled baking dish and apply the sauce on top of the tortilla.

5. Repeat this step for the first 4 Tortillas. Then spread the mixture of cheese and parsley till the surface is covered completely. After this step follow the same direction for the remaining tortillas.

6. After you finish the tortillas, cut Borek into square shape. And apply the rest of the sauce on very top of Borek.

7. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

8. Bake for 40-45 min. Your Borek is ready to be served.

Afiyet olsun..

Bon appetit..

***The cook of the Feta Cheese Borek with Tortillas is Nurdan OZARSLAN

February 1st, 2009 Turkish Cooking Class

2009-02-16T16:38:00.001-08:00

For our 6th cooking class at Istanbul Center, we showed 2 recipes. One of them is Kisir, a traditional appetizer made with cracked wheat and vegetables; second one is Cigar Shaped pastry with cheese filling. Both are among the most favorite dishes of Turkish kitchen. Our class was also filmed by TRT int for the documentary program "New Horizons."