Chef Akane's Recipe Counter — Recipe 7: Turkish Pasta, Page 2
By Inkroost · Published
Transcript
Overhead: a glass bowl of dry spiral pasta, a plate of raw ground beef, one onion and three garlic cloves. Caption: "INGREDIENTS: 200 g short pasta. 250 g ground beef. 1 small onion (100 g), chopped. 2 garlic cloves, minced." A row of small white dishes: tomato paste, olive oil, red paprika, cumin, salt and black pepper. Caption: "1 tbsp (16 g) tomato paste. 1 tbsp olive oil. 1 tsp paprika. 1/2 tsp cumin. 1/2 tsp salt. 1/4 tsp black pepper." A glass bowl of thick yogurt, a block of butter, a dish of red pepper flakes, a dish of dried mint and a bunch of parsley. Caption: "SAUCE: 250 g thick plain yogurt, 1 garlic clove, 1/4 tsp salt. BUTTER: 30 g (2 tbsp) butter, 1 tsp Aleppo pepper, 1/2 tsp dried mint. Parsley." The tools in a row: a teal lidded pot, a black cast-iron skillet and a small brushed silver saucepan. Caption: "TOOLS: a large pot, a skillet, a small saucepan." Akane smiles, holding a dish of paprika in one hand and a dish of red pepper flakes in the other. Caption: "Tip: no Aleppo pepper? Use 1/2 tsp paprika plus 1/4 tsp chili flakes."
Image description
Overhead flat lays of the Turkish pasta ingredients: spiral pasta, ground beef, an onion and three garlic cloves; tomato paste, olive oil and spices; yogurt, butter, red pepper flakes, dried mint and parsley; then a teal pot, a black skillet and a small silver saucepan. Akane holds up two small dishes of spice.
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.
