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[2fan]

Sorry brother,
It may not be Cypriot food but the Turks started it.

[petethegreek]

Here is what you're gonna need:

Main dish for 4:

2.5 lbs of either lamb or good tender beef.
2 small cloves of garlic
half an onion
pinch of oregano
pinch of cumin
salt to taste
black pepper to taste
Extra virgin olive oil to coat the pan.
sheep's tail fat (just a bit)
2 Loafes of Tash Ocak bread divided into four pieces and sliced into two.

Cube the meat into half inch cubes and set aside
crush the garlic with a pinch of salt and set aside
Mince the onion into 1/4 inches and set aside

Now the sheeps tail fat is what really makes this dish tasty. You don't need much, perhaps a handful diced into small pieces.

Get a nice large frying pan and heat the sucker up. The trick is to cook the ingrideints very quickly, especially the meat. You'll know the pan is ready when you dip your fingers in water and flick them at the pan. If the water says cizzzz and evaporates. your ready to coat the pan with the olive oil.

add the meat and braize it on all sides for 2 minutes.

remove the meat and in the same pan add the onion and garlic, Make sure you dont cook them too long or the dish will come out bitter. 1 minute max.

Reintroduce the meat, the sheeps fat add the oregano and the cumin add the salt and pepper to taste. cook on high heat for 3-4 minutes
and remove from heat.

Split the bread and fill with end product.

As s side dish we use Coban Salatasi, or sheppard's salad. I won't give you the recipie for this as I hope all Cyriots know this one.

As an appetizer use feta cheese, black or kalamata olives with a healthy bottle of raki (ouzo). If you don't like the anise taste of raki. Get a nice Cabernette Savignion.

If I omiyyed anything just PM me. The name of this dish is Gezende Kabap. My ancestoral village in the Toros mountains of Turkey
Enjoy

I hope u cook beter than u tell jokes, if not we will all b down with food poisoning!!!

[2fan]

Pete,
Just try it. If you dont like it, ill nevere tell another joke. And I promise to not join forces with moose.
Peace!
Tufan

[brother]

Sorry brother,
It may not be Cypriot food but the Turks started it.

No problem, if it tastes good then we want to know about it, in other words all recipes accepted to enrich the many cypriot dish's we have already.

[Agios Amvrosios]

Any ladies wanna try some soujoukon ths kato pafos?

[petethegreek]

Any ladies wanna try some soujoukon ths kato pafos?

Is this a speciallity of the area?

[Marina2005]

Any ladies wanna try some soujoukon ths kato pafos?

Is this a trick question??

[petethegreek]

Any ladies wanna try some soujoukon ths kato pafos?

Is this a trick question??

I think this is totally bias against pano paphos.

P.S. Good morning Marina

[brother]

This is a recipe for making a cypriot favourite sweet dish "Baklava"


North Cyprus Recipes
Baklava ( Sweet )
              
Baklava
 
Ingredients:
-500g filo pastry
-300g unsalted butter
-2 cups chopped walnuts or pistachios
 
For the syrup:
-500g sugar
-Half litre water
-Juice of half a lemon
 
 
Preheat the oven to 180C (350F) and brush a 25 cm by 30cm baking dish with melted butter. Place one sheet of filo pastry in the bottom and brush with the melted butter, repeating with more sheets until you have used half of the pastry. Sprinkle with the nuts and top with remaining pastry, brushing each sheet with butter as before. Cut the baklava into diamond shapes and bake until it is golden colour.
 
Make the syrup by placing the ingredients in a saucepan and bringing it to the boil over a medium heat, stirring constantly. Simmer for 15 minutes, then pour the syrup over the baklava. Allow to cool and absorb the syrup before serving.
 

[Liza]

Thanks for the recipe bro, I'll try it sometime.

Marina mou its definatley a trick question!! He can keep his shoushouko, nuts and all