Oklava: Recipes from a Turkish-Cypriot Kitchen

Salads & Snacks

• Tomato, Raw Onion, Purslane, Crisp Bread & Mint Salad
• Tomato-Pomegranate Salad with Parsley
• Romaine Lettuce Salad with Candied Walnuts & Feta Dressing
• Salad of Runner Beans, Cucumber, Fennel & Kale with a Tomato Dressing
• Fried Vegetables with Garlic Yogurt & Pomegranate
• Courgette, Feta & Mint Fritters
• Feta, Garlic & Poppy Seed Crisps
• Circassian Chicken
• Oklava Brunch
• Cypriot Pastirma, Broken Eggs, Spicy Tomato & Bread Sauce with Tomato-Pomegranate Salsa & Yogurt
• Smoked Streaky Bacon & Medjool Date Butter Toasted Sandwich
• Brown Shrimp Kaygana with Preserved Lemon Hollandaise, Çemen Crumbs, Chives & Sheep’s Cheese
• Menemen
• Pistachio-Crusted Banana & Tahini French Toast with Orange Blossom Syrup & Smoked Streaky Bacon

Savoury Bakes

• Baharat-Spiced Bread
• Pilavuna
• Black Olive, Hellim, Onion & Mint Loaf
• Cheese, Spring Onion, Baharat & Garlic Böreks
• Spiced Beef & Cheese Sauce Poğaças
• Baharat & Chilli-Spiced Fish Böreks
• Spinach & Feta Börek
• Pides
• Chicken & Garlic Köfte Pide with Chilli Yoghurt, Smoked Salsa, Walnuts & Feta
• Braised Octopus Pide with Ricotta, Green Olives, Honey, Pickled Caper Shoots & Thyme
• Cheese Sauce Pide with Charred Leeks & Crispy Potatoes

Meat

• Barbecue Chicken Wings with Garlic & Kayseri Pastirma Dressing
• Chicken Livers with Garlic, Rosemary, Cumin & Date Butter on Toast
• Salad of Baharat-Roast Duck with Feta, Sumac Onions, Poached Figs & Salted Walnuts
• Grilled Quails with a Palm Sugar, Sumac & Oregano Glaze
• Chilli-Garlic Glazed Chicken with Za’atar Crumbs
• Beef Meatballs in Sour Cherry Sauce with Bulgur Wheat Pilav
• Veal Shish & Onion Salad Flatbread with Charred Sivri Biber Relish & Yogurt
• Rump Steak Tantuni with Red Onion, Pepper & Parsley Salad
• Artichoke & Beef Dolma
• Çemen-Braised Short Ribs with Brown Butter Bread Sauce
• Fried Beef Köfte
• Spiced Beef & Bulgur Wheat Köftes
• Spiced Braised Oxtail with Shallots
• Fried Beef & Allspice Köftes
• Rabbit Fritters
• Crispy Pomegranate-Glazed Lamb Breast with Yogurt
• Quince & Rosemary-Glazed Lamb Rump
• Spiced Fried Crispy Lamb’s Liver
• Family Kebabs
• Adana Köfte with Pitta Bread, Spicy Tomato Sauce & Yogurt
• Şeftali
• Mum’s Hummus
• Mum’s Pilav
• Shepherd’s Salad
• Cyprus Potato Salad with Romaine Lettuce, Herbs, Spring Onions, Lemon & Olive Oil

Seafood

• Tarama with Fried Mussels & Mint Oil
• Seafood Vermicelli with Mussels, Hake & Prawns
• Cuttlefish with Baharat, Peas & Samphire
• Fried Red Mullet, Pickled Apricots & Caper Leaves
• Pistachio-Crusted Cod with Preserved Lemon Butter Sauce
• Sea Bass with Caramelized Shallot Purée & Pomegranate Dressing
• Pan-Fried Mackerel, Black Olive Croute & Tomato-Pomegranate Salad
• Monkfish, Citrus, Urfa Chilli Dressing & Coriander

Vegetables & Grains

• Chilli-Roast Cauliflower
• Spicy Red Lentil Köftes with Lettuce, Spring Onions & Lemon
• Spiced Chickpeas, Buttered Cabbage, Poached Duck Egg & Tulum Cheese
• Slow-Cooked White Beans with Tomato, Lemon & Olive Oil
• Barbecued Sweetcorn with Sumac, Garlic, Lemon Butter & Za’atar
• Baked Lamb-Fat Potatoes, Fried Duck Egg, Grilled Hellim & Sherry Vinegar Caramel
• Crispy Fried Spring Onions, Cheese Sauce & Çemen Crumbs
• Spiced Rice, Apricot, Amond & Filo Pie
• Vegetable Dolmas
• Ricotta Dumplings with Yogurt Sauce, Chilli Butter & Pine Nuts
• Sour Cherry Pearl Barley, Crispy Kale, Yogurt, Chilli Butter & Sheep’s Cheese
• Buttered Freekeh with Chickpeas, Green Olives, Currants & Pistachios

Drinks

• Homemade Limonata
• Pomegranate Iced Tea
• Traditional Turkish Çay
• Turkish Apple Tea
• At-Home Ayran
• Turkish Coffee
• Turkish Bloody Mary
• Pomegranate & Sumac Martini
• Medjool Date, Espresso & Fennel Martini
• Cypriot 75
• Raki

Dressings, Dips & Bits

• Medjool Date Butter
• Chilli Butter
• Lime Mayonnaise
• Urfa Chilli Mayonnaise
• Black Olive & Pepper Tapenade
• Tomato Relish
• Muhammara
• Whipped Feta
• Baharat
• Sumac Dressing
• Caper Dressing
• Pomegranate Dressing
• Sherry Vinegar Caramel
• Marinated Olives
• Pickled Red Cabbage
• Fried Dried Chilli Yogurt
• Çemen
• Orange Cream
• Orange Blossom Syrup
• Preserved Lemons

Sweet Things

• Semolina Custard & Filo Böreks
• Spiced Rice Pudding Brûlée with Pistachios, Caramelized Pineapple, Rum Jelly, Lychees & Candied Lime Zest
• Trilece Cake
• Dark Chocolate & Praline Katmer with Pistachios
• Chocolate, Prune & Cardamom Delice
• Ricotta & Vanilla Kadayif with Bergamot Cream & Strawberries
• Semolina Cake
• Blood Orange Ganache, Poached Pear & Rosemary Filo Shards
• Muhallebi with Strawberry Jelly
• Syrup Sponge Stuffed with Ricotta & Walnuts
• Poached & Barbecue Quince
• Candied Bergamot & Seville Oranges
• Tahini Spiral & Spiced Hot Chocolate