🇹🇷 Turkish

Ground Lamb Turşu

Name: Ground Lamb Turşu
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; 4 cloves Garlic; 1, juiced Lemon; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 200 ml Vinegar; handful, torn Fresh Parsley; 450 g Ground Lamb

🇹🇷 Turkish

Sharp pickle brine, garlic and ground lamb — turşu, the meze table's refresher. Ready in 20 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 5 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Garlic4 cloves
Lemon1, juiced
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Vinegar200 ml
Fresh Parsleyhandful, torn
Ground Lamb450 g

Instructions

1
Whisk the lemon juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the ground lamb — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the ground lamb with the onion, fresh parsley and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lemon if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the urfa pepper flakes in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Torshi Liteh (Tursu) Pickled Vegetable Recipe · on YouTube