Turkish cuisine
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Turkish cuisine encompasses the traditional and regional foods of Turkey and its diaspora. It developed primarily from Ottoman cuisine, which synthesized Central Asian culinary traditions with Mediter
Menemen (left) and a classic Turkish breakfast platter
Some homemade food selections
Assortment of Turkish food
Spices
Börek
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Börek, also referred to as burek or byrek, is a family of pastries or pies made in West Asia and Southeast Europe. The pastry is made of a thin flaky dough such as filo with a variety of fillings, suc
Turkish cuisine
…kashar, and others), butter, olives, eggs, muhammara, tomatoes, cucumbers, jam, honey, kaymak, sucuk (optionally spicy Turkish sausage), pastırma, börek, simit, poğaça, açma, fried dough (pişi), and various soups may be eaten as a morning meal in Turkey. A specialty for breakfast is menemen, prepared…
Algerian bourek pastry
Armenian herb and cheese-stuffed byoreks
Byrek in Albania
Albanian triangle byrek