Posts Tagged Pastries

Cornflakes Biscuits

Zerrin on 06 2, 2010 | 30 Comments

Cornflakes Biscuits

This is a recipe I learnt from a friend who always surprises me with her unique recipes. It was some time ago when we met and created this irresistible biscuits with her guidence. I had never heard

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Fig and Walnut Cookies

Zerrin on 05 15, 2010 | 14 Comments

Fig and Walnut Cookies

You know I am a teacher and very busy at school, that’s why I can’t write here as much as I want. We’ve started to count down for the end of the school. Courses are going to be completed after

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Boiled Borek

Zerrin on 04 8, 2010 | 16 Comments

Boiled Borek

The name of this borek may sound weird but of course it has a reason. What gives its name is one of the steps of its procedure in which the phyllo dough is boiled in water. That’s why it’s calle

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Pasta in Oven

Zerrin on 02 2, 2010 | 18 Comments

Pasta in Oven

As we are in Winter break here, I don’t need to go to school everyday.  I didn’t want to wake up early yesterday morning, in fact I didn’t want to get out of the bed eventhough I woke up. It

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Poppy Seed Bread

Zerrin on 11 26, 2009 | 21 Comments

Poppy Seed Bread

Hashasli Corek/Ekmek I didn’t know that poppy seeds are edible before coming to Eskisehir, the city where I’m living now. There are many pastry shops here and they have various breads that I

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Chard Borek

Zerrin on 08 15, 2009 | 20 Comments

Chard Borek

This was going to be our usual potato borek, but our neighbor brought us a bunch of chard just as I was preparing to make borek. They have a small garden where they grow an apricot tree, a sour cher

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Kirghiz Manti

Zerrin on 03 11, 2009 | 8 Comments

Kirghiz Manti

Before my friend Jyldyz  Chynybekova, from Kyrgyzstan sent me this manti recipe, I thought that manti is just special for Turkey. When I saw this recipe from her, I realized again that Kyrgyzstan and

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