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How To Make Sakarya's Pumpkin Pie

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 Hello, today I will give you a dessert recipe for your winter months. This dessert is known as Sakarya's favorite dessert for its pumpkin production. And you know, I am from Sakarya, and I am in love with pumpkin dessert. Let's make it. Firstly, you need to pick a good pumpkin from market, maybe from your garden. You peel the cover of pumpkin and largely dice them. After you wash it, put them to pan and add sugar on top. Wait for a while and cook them in the oven. Don't close the cover, or it will run over. Cook until it softens, and rest for cooling. Before resting, if it has watered more, you can put it into oven. According to your taste, you can serve with cream, walnut or sesame paste. You can also set apart its seeds, and after it dries, you can eat them. It is an addictive activity, so be careful. Here are the ingredients for six people recipe.

Let's Make Pickled Gherkins

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 Hi, I mentioned how to make pickles in another blog before. Btw, my favorite is gherkins. Today, my mum is making pickles for the winter, and I wanted to share it with you. Let's see what she did in the kitchen few hours ago. Beforehand, she had bought pickle ingredients. She knows what is better for what. She came home and started to make it. Firstly, she started with washing the gherkins. While mom was cleaning the gherkins, my grandmother was peeling off the garlic. She sliced four lemons into quarters. Then, put gherkins neatly in the jar. While putting, she put lemons and garlic between each layer until the jar is full. On the other hand, she mixed rock salt,  vinegar, lemon salt and water and poured into the jar. She put the jar cool, dry and dark place. We will eat it after a month. Here is the pickles mom made it today. Our dear pickle, please be ferment quickly...

How to Make Afyon's Potato Bread?

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 Hello there! In Afyon, I learnt about its famous bread made with potatoes. So I will give you its recipe. This is for 4 or 5 people and lasts a week if stays in a cool place. Before listing the ingredients, let me say that preparation is about 3 hours. Ingredients: 1 tbsp dry yeast 2 potatoes -boiled 2 glasses of warm water 1,5 tbsp salt 1 tbsp sugar Enough flour Making of Bread: Firstly, mix dry yeast and sugar with warm water in a bowl and wait for 15 minutes. Add the boiled potatoes, salt, enough flour and remaining water to the bowl, and knead the dough for 10-15 minutes. Cover it with wet towel and rest for 2 hours. Knead the puffy dough 5 minutes more, and shape it into circles. After shaping it, place them to a baking tray and rest for 15 to 20 minutes for better puffing. Before putting it in the oven, if you press it with wet hands the bread will be crustless. Put it in the oven for about 40 minutes for 180 degrees until it browns. Your Afyon Potato Bread is ready, bon app...

New House, Just Got Cold, Fresh Frozen

 The weather is getting colder every day. I started to wear long sleeved clothes. I never thought that the winter could come this early. My grandmother came from Eskişehir the week the schools opened. I was happy since I have not seen my grandma as in face for 2 years. Having someone to open the door when you come home from school is a good thing. Even your meal is ready! Not only me, grandma's coming makes neighbors' children happy too, I think. When they come from school, same as mine, she also gives them food sometimes (my favorite is gözleme ). I still feel strange in this city since we moved recently. Since we were moving, we ate everything in the deep freezer before. Now it's high time we filled the deep freezer again. My mom cooks very well and is diligent but it is hard to do winter preparation only in person. So mom and grandma are making the preparation together. Let's look at what we do for winter. Menemenlik One of the most consumed dishes in Türkiye for br...