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Ottoman cuisine is the cuisine of the Ottoman Empire and its continuation in the cuisines of Greece, Turkey, the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East and Northern Africa.
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Turkish cuisine (Turkish: Türk mutfağı) is largely the heritage of Ottoman cuisine (Osmanlı mutfağı), Seljuk cuisine [1] [2] and the Turkish diaspora.Turkish cuisine with traditional Turkic elements such as yogurt, ayran, kaymak, exerts and gains influences to and from Mediterranean, Balkan, Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Eastern European cuisines.
The cuisine of Ottoman Turkey can be divided between that of the Ottoman court itself, which was a highly sophisticated and elaborate fusion of many of the culinary traditions found in the Empire, its predecessors (notably the Byzantine Empire), and the regional cuisines of the peasantry and of the Empire's minorities, which were influenced by ...
Baklava (/ b ɑː k l ə ˈ v ɑː, ˈ b ɑː k l ə v ɑː / ⓘ, [1] or / b ə ˈ k l ɑː v ə /; [2] Ottoman Turkish: باقلوا) is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with syrup or honey. It was one of the most popular sweet pastries of Ottoman cuisine. [3]
Balık çorbası(Turkish: Balık çorbası) is the Turkish word for a fish soup or çorba, traditional to Ottoman cuisine. [1] [2] It is included in an 1859 cookbook, the first printed Ottoman cookbook.
Dolma are part of cuisine of the Sephardic Jews as well. [13] Jews in the Ottoman Empire used locally grown grape leaves and adopted the Turkish name of the dish. [14] During winter months cabbage was a staple food for peasants in Persia and the Ottoman Empire, and it spread to the Balkans as well.
İmam bayıldı [1] [2] (literally: "the imam fainted") [3] is a dish in Ottoman cuisine consisting of whole aubergine stuffed with onion, garlic and tomatoes, and simmered in olive oil. It is a zeytinyağlı (olive oil-based) dish and is found in most of the former Ottoman regions. The dish is served at room temperature or warm.