Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, full turkish lunch. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Full Turkish Lunch is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Full Turkish Lunch is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook full turkish lunch using 31 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Full Turkish Lunch:
- Get For the Roasted Chicken:
- Take 1.5 Kg chicken (legs and thighs)
- Take Spices: salt, pepper, 1 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 2 tsp dried oregano
- Take 2 chilis
- Take 8-10 pcs tomatoes
- Make ready 3 limes or lemon
- Prepare 4 sprigs rosemary and thyme (or 2 tsps each if dried)
- Take 1 cup chicken stock or water
- Take For the Kofta Balls:
- Prepare 1 Kg Beef Mince
- Prepare Spices (powder): salt, pepper, 1 tsp garlic, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp coriander, 1 tsp turmeric, 1/2 tsp cayenne, 1 tsp cinnamon
- Get Mozzarella (small cubes)
- Make ready For the Caramelized Pineapple Salsa:
- Make ready 2 cups diced pineapples
- Get half a red onion
- Prepare 2 tomatoes
- Take Salt and pepper
- Make ready Parsley
- Prepare For the Pita Bread:
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups flour (bread flour or all-purpose flour)
- Get 1/2 cup water
- Make ready 1 packet or 2 1/4 tsp of active dry yeast
- Take 3 tsp oil
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Take 1 tbps sugar
- Prepare For the Hummus:
- Get 2 cups canned chickpeas
- Prepare 1/2 cup tahini
- Get 1/4 cup olive oil
- Take 2 cloves garlic
- Make ready Salt and Pepper
Instructions 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 limes. 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 minutes. Rest the chooks and take the roasting pan to the stove to make the sauce. Remove the limes and crush the tomatoes. 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 cubes. 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 balls. 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 it's mixing to avoid splitting. Adjust the salt as you see fit. Bon appetit.
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