Istanbul Spice Bazaar Tour and Traditional Turkish Cooking Class

What to Expect

Learn the secrets of a cuisine relished within all corners of Turkey but rarely experienced by outsiders.

After we meet we will stop for a Spice tasting session in a Spice shop that has been there since 5 generations.

Then we will take a ferry to the Asian side of Istanbul. We will teach you how to make a traditional home-cooked Turkish meal. For lunch, you will savor what you have cooked!

Dishes are approachable and easy to replicate in your home country. Detailed recipe booklets are offered to keep. We shop daily for her groceries so the ingredients are seasonal and fresh.

Menu

A sample menu might include a choise of 6 dishes from below:

• Crispy cheese and herb filled pastry rolls or Flaky Turkish Borek with feta and herb filling or Zucchini flan with feta cheese and herbs
• Bulgur wheat salad- Kısır or Carrots with a garlic infused in yogurt and tahini dressing or Cacik
• Leeks ,green beans, celery root or artichokes in olive oil
• Purslane Salad with mint and yoghurt or Green Olive Salad with sumac and pomegranate molasses
• Spicy bulgur pilaf or Tomato rice pilaf or pilaf with Orzo
• Split Belly Eggplant stuffed with meat – Karniyarik or Aromatic Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers or Zucchini stuffed with meat, rice and herbs in a tomato sauce or Sea Bass with vegetables or Eggplant in Earthenware casserole with lamb or Swiss Chard rolls
• Apricots stuffed with Kaymak ( clotted cream) or Roasted Figs infused in honey with bay leaves or Revani - Turkish Semolina sponge cake

Schedule

• 10:00 am: Meeting in front of the Spice Bazaar.
• 10:30 am: We'll take the ferry to the Asian side where we'll have the cooking class.
• 11:00 am: Start cooking.
• 1:00 pm: We'll sit down together and taste the dishes you've cooked.
• 2:30 pm: You'll go back to the European side by ferry