Yummy food from Turkey and all along the old Orient Express routes.
I am a crazy mathematician and a dedicated foodie, I have a Croatian soul, a German mind, a Turkish heart, and a very international stomach ๐. I love to travel and to try new food ๐ด (and beer ๐ป) and to cook and learn about the background of the foods I eat. Come and taste my passion for food!
All recipes come with information on common allergenes and if they are halal /kosher/ vegetarian / vegan, with info on country of origin, level of difficulty and seasonal suggestion.
- Gnocchi alla sorrentina ๐ฎ๐น
Gnocchi alla sorrentina, gnocchi in the style of Sorrento, are a wonderfully simple Italian dish. Sorrento is a town near Naples and the dish itself seems to be a few hundred years… - Pinฤur ๐ญ๐ท ๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ฐ ๐ท๐ธ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐บ
I have already written about ajvar, a close relative of pinฤur. It is said to originate from Macedonia (North Macedonia ๐ฒ๐ฐ) as well, however the word pinฤur is of Hungarian ๐ญ๐บ origin…. - Zeytinyaฤlฤฑ taze fasulye ๐น๐ท
Taze fasulye is the Turkish term for (broad and flat) green beans as well as dishes made with them in a tomato sauce. The zeytinyaฤlฤฑ, i.e. with olive oil, variant is a… - Zapeฤene ลกtrukle ๐ญ๐ท
ล trukle, also ลกtrukli, is a north Croatian type of pastry traditionally filled with cottage cheese (fresh cheese, svjeลพi sir in Croatian). If you are familiar to Turkish cuisine, one could say they… - Lasagne Bolognese ๐ฎ๐น
Lasagne are one of the most famous dishes in the world. While in the USA the version with ricotta ismore popular (and originally comes from southern Italy), and several other regional variations… - Eingetropftes & Kรคsereis ๐ฆ๐น
Two quick and tasty additions to clear soups Austria and surrounding countries tend to start (not only) Sunday lunches with soups. In most cases these are clear soups, based on chicken or…
All pictures in this page are ยฉ Franka Miriam Brueckler.
Cooker on the Orient Express 