Glossary

Artichoke

The bud of a large plant from the thistle family with tough, petal-shaped leaves. Boil the vegetable to serve as a first course. Dip each leaf into melted butter, mayonnaise or a vinaigrette and scrape of the soft fleshy base with your teeth.

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Kibbeh Nayeh

For this raw meat dish, make sure the mince is very fresh with a bright pink colour, and contains little to no fat. To achieve the very fine mince the meat should be put through a mincer two or three times.

Glossary

Pide

A flat bread often topped with sesame and nigella seeds. In Turkey, pide is traditionally only available during Ramadan when it's eaten with most meals.

 
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