Date Night in Istanbul
A date night full of Eastern promise...
SERVES: 2
The Turkish city of Istanbul which lies on the border of Europe and Asia is a melting pot cultures and cuisines, making the food there some of the best in the world! To begin we’ve got sigara borek, delicious flaky cheese pastries served with a spicy pepper paste and cooling mint yogurt.
For the main event Turkey’s most famous export, the kebab (or kebap as it would be spelt there) - this version is flavoured with rich Urfa chilli flakes and is served with a delicious sumac, parsley and red onion salad. Finally, baklava, a much-loved Middle Eastern dessert made up of layers of sweet, sticky filo pastry and nuts drenched in a honey syrup flavoured with cinnamon, cardamon and rose petals.
| Description | The Turkish city of Istanbul which lies on the border of Europe and Asia is a melting pot cultures and cuisines, making the food there some of the best in the world! To begin we’ve got sigara borek, delicious flaky cheese pastries served with a spicy pepper paste and cooling mint yogurt. For the main event Turkey’s most famous export, the kebab (or kebap as it would be spelt there) - this version is flavoured with rich Urfa chilli flakes and is served with a delicious sumac, parsley and red onion salad. Finally, baklava, a much-loved Middle Eastern dessert made up of layers of sweet, sticky filo pastry and nuts drenched in a honey syrup flavoured with cinnamon, cardamon and rose petals. |
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| Spices Included | Pepper Paste Spices: red bell pepper, mild chilli flakes, urfa chilli, hot paprika, onion, chilli Sigara Borek Spices: cumin, chives, onion, parsley, mint, black pepper Kebab Spices: urfa chilli, black pepper, cumin, parsley, smoked paprika, allspice, cinnamon, mint, garlic Sumac Blend: sumac, parsley, black pepper Yogurt Blend: mint, black pepper, garlic Baklava Ground Spices: rose, cinnamon, green cardamon, cloves Baklava Whole Spices: green cardamon, cinnamon Rose Petals: rose |
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Product Rating (27):
Looking up holidays in Istanbul after trying this box! It was hard not to eat the kebab in one!
Delicious baklava and coffee/mint tea to finish off our delicious date night!
A very classy end to (hopefully!) a very delicious meal! Great to hear you enjoyed it, thanks for sharing your photo!
Brilliant date night set, really enjoyed the baclava and very easy to make
I looks great! Glad you enjoyed the three course date night meal!
It’s Fri-YAY and we love our Friday Spicerh meals! Today we added some home made Pita plus all the delicious spicery recipes (lezzetli- that’s delicious in turkish - I hope!) .
Sounds like the perfect Friday feast- The home made pitas look amazing as well!
This was amazing! Our baklava looked a bit of a mess but tasted great. The real star though was the red pepper sauce - absolutely delicious!
Sounds like a brilliant evening! So glad you enjoyed the Date Night box!
Unbelievably tasty and with homemade filo pastry too!! Hubby is pulling out all the stops with your kits - Thankyou!!
Homemade filo pastry!? Wow, that's really spectacular - great job and hats off to the chef for this creation!
Gorgeous flavours - we thought the baklava was outstanding, will definitely make it again but do several batches next time!
Yum looks like a delicious date night meal, stunning tealight holder too!
Lovely flavours!
Wow the Baklava looks brilliant- a truly sweet treat!
Authentic tasting Turkish kebabs with tasty subtle spicing but the pepper paste and mint yoghurt really made the main course sing. The grilled veg was a nice addition. The stars of the show were the borek starter and baklava dessert - both delicious and so simple to make!
A beautiful, colourful spread of food - it looks like you did a brilliant job with this! And nothing beats that sweet, flaky Baklava, right?
Simple but delicious meal, the kebabs and sumac salad were the bomb!
The vibrant colours of those peppers and tomatoes really come to life on your lovely patterned dishes! It's great to hear that you really enjoyed this dish!
This was our first box and we saved it for our Valentines date night. The recipe was really easy to follow, there was no waste from the ingredients needed to make everything, and it was the perfect amount for 2 people! The flavours were fantastic and they were dishes we had never made before so we enjoyed discovering something new and making it together. Can't wait for our next box, loving this food adventure
A gorgeous and colourful spread of food alongside those lovely white tulips! We're so glad you loved making your first box together as a Valentine's celebration, and we can't wait to see what you discover and cook up next!
Fabulous spicing and straightforward to follow. Everything complimented very well.
This looks delicious, we're so glad you enjoyed it. Happy Spicing!
Fantastic meal!
Brilliant work - we're glad you enjoyed it! Happy Spicing!
Amazing Baclava for the dessert course of our date night in Istanbul.
Look at those flaky layers of filo and the romantic rose petals on top - just stunning! Great work!
Fantastic recipes. Lots of prep but nothing too complicated. All courses were delicious!
Brilliant job, those Baklava look absolutely delicious, and we love the funky patterned plate! We're so glad to hear you enjoyed this!
Loved this Spice pack. Tasted great and was so easy to make
Brilliant work, Joanne - this looks delicious! We're so glad to hear that it tasted great, and even better that you found it nice and simple to make too!
I really enjoyed the date night in Istanbul box and it was especially good for us as I used to live there and it brought back nice memories. I found the recipes tasted authentic and it gave me the confidence to try making baklava, something I never thought I’d be able to do! I modified the recipe slightly as I found there to be too much spice/nut filling for just two layers so I layered in some flavour every 2-3 filo sheets. I’m not sure if that made it better but it seemed less inclined to tip over. I’m looking forward to our next box :)
Wow, those Baklava look just stunning sprinkled with rose petals on your gorgeous patterned plate. We're so glad to hear that you found this meal to be authentic, and that you surprised yourself by making something you never thought you'd be able to do - it looks like you did a brilliant job! We hope this meal brought back happy memories of your time in Istanbul!
Fragrant, crunchy and sweet goodness.
Look at those - just gorgeous! We're so happy to hear you loved this dessert. Happy Spicing!
Lovely meal
Great picture, Caroline - a really gorgeous, romantic set-up! We're so glad to hear that the food went down a treat.
Loved this spicery set. Due to the pandemic we couldn’t get a holiday in Turkey this year but cooking this took me straight there! The set made lovely food for a date night (including unpictured borek), the only thing we’re yet to make is the baklava!
This looks great, Olivia - nice work! We're so glad to hear that this meal transported you straight to Turkey, and trust us, the Baklava really is something special too!
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You really should try and go, it has to be one the greatest food cities in the world! (see our blog here - https://www.thespicery.com/blogs/spice-travels/stwp-1164) What you've made here looks absolutely fantastic, and really authentic (careful with that knife though.....!)