Smörgåstårta/ Swedish Sandwich Cake
Smörgåstårta is a holiday and celebration cake made from bread layered with different kinds of creamy fillings. The most typical is either smoked salmon and shrimp or smoked ham and...
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Turkish Salads: From the Tables of Sultans to your Home
This article introduces you to Turkish Salads, which are one of the building blocks of Turkish cuisine. To explain the significance of salads in this rich and diverse cuisine, we...
Gavurdağı Salad
Turkish salads have a very unique sour balance created by the exceptional natural resources available. Sumac spice and sumac sour-syrup bring out the flavor of salads, especially onions, and pomegranate...
Hot Ezme (Turkish Salsa)
Turkish salsa, hot and spicy, crispy and refreshing. I love it with tortilla chips or even with simple bread slices.
Piyaz with Tahini/ White Bean Salad
Legume salads, such as white beans, kidney beans, chickpeas, broad beans, and black-eyed peas, are a must-have if you want to familiarize yourself with Turkish Salads. When seasoned with olive...
Çoban Salata (Sheperd’s Salad)
The most popular of Turkish salads is shepherd’s salad, randomly chopped tomatoes, cucumber, onion, pepper, and parsley, served with olive oil, lemon, and salt.
Purslane Salad with Yoghurt
Salads made with greens are not only limited to lettuce, arugula, curly cress, and sorrel. Making salads with fresh purslane collected from the garden, especially in summer, is as common...
Turkish Style Potato Salad
Of course, it is impossible to imagine Turkey’s most popular root vegetables not being consumed as salads. Carrots, celery, potatoes all have different roles in salads, as do cooking and...
Manca/ Roasted Eggplant and Pepper Salad
Everyone in Turkey would agree that roasted vegetable salads are more delicious with vegetables cooked over an open fire. Roasted vegetable salads are the favorite of large picnics and weekend...
KISIR (TURKISH BULGUR SALAD)
Made quickly and with limited ingredients, it is easy to put together when guests arrive. And that’s exactly where its name comes from. Kisir means limited.
Kholodets
Kholodets is the most iconic Ukrainian cold dish and the king of any festive table. Its recipe is rather simple albeit quite time-consuming. The basis for Ukrainian aspic is natural...
Momos
How to Make the Dough for Covering the Momos: In a bowl, nix, the maida, salt, and oil. Then add a little water to make a smooth pliable dough. Cover...
Sylta
Sylta is a type of meat hash, mostly eaten these days by the older generation. It is made with meat from the head of a calf or pig, that has...
Greek Baked Feta Cheese in Phyllo with Honey
This is a super easy Greek cheese appetizer that is salty and sweet and savoury all at once. You may find the combination of honey and feta cheese odd but,...
Belgian Steak Tartare
The Steak Tartare is another Belgian classic. This dish is made from raw ground beef, shallots, capers, gherkins and sometimes includes egg yolk or mayo. Either way, you will want...
Flammekueche (Tarte Flambée)
Flammekueche is a traditional German dish, that is similiar to the Tarte Flambee (onion tart) from France, with a thinly rolled bread dough and is often served with sour cream....
Æbleflæsk (Apple Purée with Smoked Bacon and Onion)
This popular Danish dish is best made in the pan in which you cooked your bacon – simply put in sliced apples and cook them in the bacon fat until...
Pariserbøf (Beef Parisienne)
Beef Parisienne is an open-faced sandwich made from layers of minced beef that have been fried in butter, capers and sometimes onions or pickled beets. The star ingredient of this...
Stjerneskud (Shooting Star)
The sandwich, nicknamed the “shooting star” was invented by Ida Davidsen – a famous Danish chef who owns a Smørrebrøds restaurant in the heart of Copenhagen. In 1960, she was...
La Cuchaule
La cuchaule is a special bread that is ofte very flat, and made with egg yolks and saffron, which makes it very yellow. It is often quite sweet, but served...
Swiss Fondue
If you’ve ever been to Switzerland, or have any Swiss friends, you have almost certainly tried Swiff Fondue as it is a staple of their culture. The whole idea behind...
Pâté Vaudois
While the origins of pâté are unclear, it is in the canton of Vaud where it’s consumed the most! This meat-based, crispy snack can be enjoyed in just a few...
Malakoff de Vinzel
Malakoff de Vinzel or de Luins (counties of Canton de Vaud) is a famous meal in Switzerland and there are a lot of different stories about its creation. Here is...
North Sea Prawn Cocktail
Since Belgium lies on the North Sea, that is where they catch their prawns. And how they do it is pretty impressive. They take beautiful, big strong horses into shallow...