
Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, Full Turkish Lunch. one of my favorites food. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look deliciou
The Ingredients need to make Full Turkish Lunch:
- Prepare of For the Roasted Chicken
- It’s 1.5 Kg of chicken (legs and thighs)
- It’s of Spices salt, pepper, 1 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 2 tsp dried oregano
- Prepare 2 of chilis
- It’s 8-10 pcs of tomatoes
- Prepare 3 of limes or lemon
- It’s 4 sprigs of rosemary and thyme (or 2 tsps each if dried)
- It’s 1 cup of chicken stock or water
- You need of For the Kofta Balls
- You need 1 Kg of Beef Mince
- Prepare of Spices (powder) salt, pepper, 1 tsp garlic, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp coriander, 1 tsp turmeric, 1/2 tsp cayenne, 1 tsp cinnamon
- It’s of Mozzarella (small cubes)
- Prepare of For the Caramelized Pineapple Salsa
- It’s 2 cups of diced pineapples
- It’s half of a red onion
- It’s 2 of tomatoes
- Prepare of Salt and pepper
- You need of Parsley
- It’s of For the Pita Bread
- You need 1 1/2 cups of flour (bread flour or all-purpose flour)
- You need 1/2 cup of water
- You need 1 packet of or 2 1/4 tsp of active dry yeast
- Prepare 3 tsp of oil
- It’s 1 tsp of salt
- You need 1 of tbps sugar
- Prepare of For the Hummus
- Prepare 2 cups of canned chickpeas
- It’s 1/2 cup of tahini
- It’s 1/4 cup of olive oil
- You need 2 cloves of garlic
- It’s of Salt and Pepper
Step to make Full Turkish Lunch:
- Mediterranean Roast Chicken
- Season the chicken with the spices then zest and juice one lime and rub it on the chicken. Set aside for at least 30 minutes (you can do this the night before).
- Preheat the oven to 400F. Prepare the roasting pan. Roughly chop the tomatoes and the other 2 lime Chop and add the chili in the tray. Season then pour the stock or water then place a grill or rack on top for the chicken.
- Cook for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minute Rest the chooks and take the roasting pan to the stove to make the sauce. Remove the limes and crush the tomatoe Stir and reduce. This will be the sauce for the kofta. Add more stock or water if needed.
- Kofta Balls
- Mix all the spices with the minced beef. Shape into golf-sized ball then push the mozzarella cubes in the center then reshape. Shallow fry in a skillet until cooked.
- Caramelized Pineapple Salsa
- On a dry pan, caramelize the pineapple until a little brown then chop into small cube Mix with finely chopped onion and garlic. Season and add chopped tomatoes and parsley.
- Pita Bread
- Mix together the flour, yeast, salt, oil, sugar and water until it forms a rough dough.
- Transfer to a floured surface then knead until dough is smooth and supple.
- Set aside to prove for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
- Punch down and divide into 8 or 10 ball Roll-out each ball thinly.
- On a dry pan, cook the bread on each side until light brown. Wrap the stack of pita bread in a cheese cloth or clean towel to keep it soft and warm.
- Hummus
- Combine all ingredients in a blender then blitz away. You can drizzle the oil into the blender while its mixing to avoid splitting. Adjust the salt as you see fit. Bon appetit.
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