
Specialities from the Private Kitchen of Mehmed II the Conquerer
21 May - 6 June 2010


Soups
Yogurt Soup
Yogurt soup with croutons
Pickles
Pickled Aubergines and Beetroots
Seafood
Mackerel with "Tarator"
Shrimp "Pilaki"
Shrimp with garlic, carrots, scallions in a light olive oil and vinegar sauce
Offal
Trotter Stew
Sheep's trotter with vinegar and garlic served on crispy rye bread
Vegetable Dishes
Borani-i Hassa
Spinach cooked with onions, eggs and rice served with yogurt
Meat Dishes
Chicken Kebab
Chicken fillets served on a bed of vinegar sauteed onions served
with sour red cabbage.
Tuffahiye
Oven baked apple stuffed with a blend of minced lamb and veal meat and mixed with rice, pine nuts, currants and spices
Imperial "Yahni"
Rich lamb and chicken stew cooked with currants, chickpeas, cinnamon and cumin
Fodula
Stuffed rye bread with beef, carrots and herbs
Rice and Pastry
Pilaf with Golden Chickpeas
Cracked wheat rice mixed with chestnuts and black currants, flavoured with cumin and allspice
Sour Dish
Pilaf cooked with black plums, raisins and figs
Beyza Be Cihet-i Borek-i Makiyan
Puff dough with chicken, eggs and fresh herbs
Desserts
Helva-i Memuniyye
Halva with almonds and rose water
"ZirvaƧ"
Wheat pudding with dried nuts and fruits, flavored with grape molasses
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