Category: Soup Recipes

Ingredients 1 Tablespoon olive oil 4 cups vegetable or chicken stock 2 onions salt and pepper to taste 1 leek, sliced (reserve 1/3rd of it to saute later) Garnish: 4+ Tablespoons thick creamy yoghurt (the authentic yoghurt is special to the village of Bursa and has a distinctive taste); also sauteed leeks 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 teaspoon allspice 1 […]

Ingredients 100 grams rice, washed 1.5 Lt beef stock or water 2 large tomatoes, chopped finely 2 tablespoons butter or margarine salt Directions 1- Cook rice in beef stock until very soft, add salt.. 2- In a small frypan saute tomaotes in butter until soft. 3- Add tomatoes to rice and stock. Stir through for a few minutes and remove […]

Ingredients 5 glasses of meat broth 1 glass tarhana 100 gr. ground meat 2 tablespoons margarine 1 tablespoon unsalted tomato paste salt to taste red pepper Directions Put the margarine and the ground meat in a saucepan and fry the meat well. Add the tomato paste and salt and mix until the tomato paste blends in well. Pour in 4 […]

Ingredients 50g/2oz Rice 960/32fl.oz. Water Salt 3 tbsp Plain Flour 420ml/14fl.oz. Yogurt 1 Egg 25g/1oz Butter 1 heaped tbsp freshly chopped Mint Directions 1. Place the rice in a saucepan together with the water and salt, bring to the boil then reduce the heat to medium and cook for 20 minutes or until the rice is tender. 2. Place the […]

Ingredients 3 cups spinach, cut up 2 cups water 1/2 cup rice 3-4 Tbs. tomato paste 1/2 small onion 1/4 cup ground beef additional water salt and pepper to taste Directions Saute the onion and the ground beef. (If meat is very lean, saute in oil.) Stir in tomato paste. Add two cups of water and bring to a boil. […]