Rich Turkish Coffee

Ingredients Quantity
Water 1/2 cup
Sugar 2 tbsp
Pulverized coffee 2 tsp

Note: This coffee is made in a cylindrical copper pot with a long handle sold in shops specializing in Mediterranean foods and called "Jezve"

Methods to Prepare:
  • Put water in 'Jezve'
  • Add sugar and coffee. Stir well
  • Place over low flame and cook to a rising boil
  • Remove from flame. Pour froth into 2 small coffee cups
  • Bring to a boil again and remove from fire
  • Pour enough coffee over froth to fill cups and serve hot.

Tasty Wedding Soup

Ingredients Quantity
Mutton or Lamb 450 gm
Mutton-bones or lamb 1 kg
Carrots 115 gm
Onions 115 gm
Salt 1 tbsp
Water 4 cups
Butter 100 gm
Refined flour 100 gm
Lime 1/2
Egg yolks 3
Melted butter 1 tbsp
Paprika 1 tbsp
Cayenne pepper a pinch

Methods to Prepare:
  • Put meat, bones, peeled onions, scraped carrots, salt into water
  • Cook over medium fire in a covered pot until meat is tender (about 3 hours)
  • Strain off broth
  • Mince cooked meat. Add it to stock and set aside
  • Blend butter and flour in a large saucepan over low flame and stir constantly until mixture is light brown (about 3 minutes)
  • Add meat stock gradually, stirring constantly
  • Simmer for about 5 minutes
  • Add lemon juice to beaten egg yolks, then gradually add about 2 ladles of hot stock
  • Stir this mixture into soup
  • Serve garnished with melted butter to which paprika and Cayenne pepper have been added.

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