Chef Akane's Recipe Counter — Recipe 7: Turkish Pasta, Page 1
By Inkroost · Published
Transcript
A wide view of a warm home kitchen at evening: potted herbs on the sill under a dark blue window, a gas hob with utensils hanging on a rail, a white fridge on the right and a small wooden table with two chairs under a glowing rattan lamp. Akane stands at the counter with her back to us, tying her apron. Caption: "Recipe 7: Turkish Pasta" Akane smiles, holding a bowl of thick white yogurt in one hand and a small dish of red pepper flakes in the other. Caption: "Turkish pasta made Google's list of the year's top trending recipes, and it is the comfort food a cold night calls for." On the counter: a glass bowl of spiral pasta, a plate of ground beef, an onion and a garlic bulb, with the black cast-iron skillet and the teal pot on the hob. Caption: "Time: about 30 minutes. Serves 2." Close-up: Akane pushes up the sleeves of her cream knit top with a calm smile. Caption: "Let's begin."
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Akane, a tall woman with long black hair tied in a low ponytail with a red ribbon, cream knit top and dusty-rose apron, starts a chilly evening in her cosy home kitchen with yogurt, red pepper flakes, pasta, ground beef, an onion, garlic, her black skillet and teal pot.
About this chapter
Turkish pasta made Google's list of the top trending recipes of the year in its Year in Search, and it is still a much-searched comfort dish as the evenings turn cold. On a chilly November evening Akane makes it in her small kitchen in about 30 minutes: cool garlicky yogurt spread in the bowl, warm pasta, ground beef cooked with onion, tomato paste and spices until no pink remains, and a sizzling drizzle of red pepper butter with dried mint on top. Captions walk the reader through every amount, heat setting and doneness check so it can be made at home, ending with Akane at her little table doing some very reasonable math about the second serving.
