What is this???
Cheese, well, future cheese..in cheese cloth of all things hanging from my sink. I am making Labne: a yogurt cheese for my Turkish Delight evening at my house. It's kind of a clandestine restaurant that I will have going here besides my cooking classes, I am inviting friends of friends to come and dine at my house for themed evenings which they pay for. Very Limited Seating, I only have 12 forks so that is the limit. Luckily, I have 3 tables and many chairs, but only 12 forks, thats it. We have a waiting list for next month's already...
Here is the menu and invitation:
Come explore the Ottoman Empire at the Lagarde's seaside house on Saturday February 18th Riana's cooking Turkish, and homemade to boot with Benji's favorite Baklava for dessert--he might challenge you to a Turkish duel for the last piece.
On the Turkish Meze Menu:
dolmas (grape leaves stuffed with rice)
hummus (chickpea dip)
labne (a homeade yogurt dip)
pilav (a native rice dish)
falafal
Kofte (Turkish meatballs)
served with Turkish Bread pide-a flat bread
dessert: baklava (filo dough pastery made with walnuts and rosewater)
with Turkish coffee (of course!) and wine
Apero starts with Raki-the Lion's drink!
Labne is super easy to make: Its all natural yogurt and a little sea salt strained in cheesecloth like this photo over your sink for 12 hours just like the little old Turkish women do. After its lost all of its juices, you have a cheese that you can spread on toast, add honey and dried mint! Or savory with thyme and olive oil. My favorite is yes, you guessed it, GARLIC labne...its so good.
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Thursday, February 16, 2006
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Have fun...can't wait to hear the report of how things went.
It's actually Armenian dishes except for the Falafel which is Israeli.
Ummm, Falafel is Palestian in my book, but these are foods that are eatten all over the middle east and very common in Turkey. Hard to trace back specifically to one race since it's been around for thousands of years. One nation can't claim any of them. Falafel existed WAY before the creation of Isreal.
I do love Armenian food as well like Lamekjoon and Soujouk. I used to live right in Little Armenia in Los Angeles! Yum Zankoo chicken!
Hop i have picked the correct entry for SHF - an interesting one to say the least.
Just had a thought are you/woould you like to take part in EBBP4 - details on spittoonextra.
Thanks for taking part in SHF.
I love Zankoo too -- used to live in Little Armenia too til a few years ago, but I live in Delaware now. Anybody know the secret recipe for their garlic sauce and their chicken? Even if it's not perfect, I'd love to try to make something similar. Miss that taste like crazy!
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