İskender Kebap
İskender Kebap with tabouli.
Ingredients
* 2 cups cubed Turkish bread, oil spray, ½ cup melted butter, 3 cups sliced roast lamb, salt, pepper, 2 cups domates sosu, 1 cup cacik.
First, prepare the bread, the lamb and the two sauces. Next, spray a baking slide with oil spray, put the bread cubes on the dish, spray it with oil spray, then shake it around a bit and spray it a bit more. Bake the bread at 200°C for ten minutes, shake it around some, and bake it for another few minutes, until it looks nicely toasted.
Grease a two litre casserole dish with some melted butter. Add the Turkish bread to the casserole dish, drizzle it with the rest of the butter, and smooth it down. Layer the lamb over the bread and season it well with salt and pepper. Spoon the tomato sauce over the top of the lamb and smooth it down. Put the lid on the casserole dish and bake the casserole at 175° C (350° F) for around twenty minutes. Take the casserole out of the oven, carefully spoon the yogurt sauce over the top of the tomato sauce, and put the casserole back in the oven, with the lid off, for five minutes.
Serves four.
Domates Sosu
Ingredients
* Olive oil, ½ cup diced onion, 2 tbsp crushed garlic, ½ cup roasted red capsicum, 1 tsp cinnamon, salt, pepper, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp ground coriander, 800g tin tomatoes, lemon juice, 1 cup chicken stock.
Heat a tablespoon of oil in a non-stick saucepan. Add the onion, garlic, and capsicum and gently fry it for ten minutes. Add a good heaped teaspoon of the za’atar, the same of cinnamon, cumin, and coriander, and half a teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Gently fry it all for a minute, then add the tomatoes, a good splash of lemon juice, and the stock. Simmer the lot for twenty minutes, stirring it as it simmers. Remove the pan from the heat and blend the sauce until it is smooth.
Makes three cups.
Cacik (The Old Lounge Bandicoot)
Ingredients
* 2 cups plain Greek yogurt, 1 tbsp crushed garlic, 1 tsp salt, 2 tbsp lemon juice, pepper.
Mix all the ingredients together, taste the sauce, and adjust the seasonings.
Makes two cups.
