October 2012 Cooking Class

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Turkish Cultural Center (TCC) Syracuse Women’s Club got together on October 20th for the 1st session of Turkish Cooking classes. Participants tired out two delicious recipes of Turkish cuisine while meeting new people.

The featured dishes of the October session, which change with every month, were two famous dishes of Turkish cuisine: Peynirli Borek (Cheese Pastry) and Cevizli Kadayif (Turkish Shredded Phyllo Dough with Walnuts). Volunteer Turkish chefs showed step-by-step how to prepare these delicious dishes with serving and shopping tips.

Peynirli börek (Cheese pastry): Borek is a very populer dish of Turkish cuisine invented in early era of Ottoman Empire in the Anatolian Provinces. In countries whose people living in close contact with the Turkic peoples of Asia and Europe, also feature derivatives of the börek. It is made of a phyllo (yufka). Phyllo is washed with yogurt-oil-egg mixture and filled with cheese filling or any other desired filling like potato, meat or spinach. After sprinkle sesame seeds to the top of the borek it is baked in the oven.

Cevizli Kadaif (Turkish Shredded Phyllo Dough with Walnuts): Kadaif is a common Turkish dessert that employs shredded phyllo. Its in the syrup desserts' family like baklava. It is traditionally tossed with lots of butter, filled with nuts and drenched with a sugar syrup.

Afiyet olsun (bon apetit)!

How To Register for Cooking Classes?

If you are interested in cooking something special for yourself and if you would like to learn about Turkish Cuisine come and join Turkish Cooking classes at the Turkish Cultural Center Syracuse.
Turkish cuisine (Turkish: Türk mutfagı) is a fusion and refinement of Central Asian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and Balkan cuisines. Turkish Cooking classes are, a project of the Turkish Cultural Center (TCC) Syracuse Women's Club. We are offering monthly cooking classes with rich, healthy and delicious recipies. Volunteer Turkish chefs will be showing step-by-step instructions to produce variety collection of delicious dishes. As soon as each dish is ready, you will sit down at a luncheon and enjoy our tasty food with traditional Turkish tea and coffee.

If you want to learn new recipes, explore exotic ingredients, and cook delicious dishes, please come and join us.

For registration: women@tccsyracuse.org or 315-373-0261
The registration fee is $15 per class. Our class will take place once a month on Saturday at 2.30pm at Turkish Cultural Center Syracuse.

320 Tracy St. Syracuse, NY 13204
www.tccsyracuse.org