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Yogurt Zeytinyagli
🇹🇷 Turkish

Yogurt Zeytinyagli

🇹🇷 Turkish

Zeytinyağlı — yogurt cooked gently in olive oil, served cold the Turkish way. 65 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 50 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

  • Yogurt500 g
  • Saltto taste
  • Onion2, halved and sliced
  • Tomato2
  • Garlic4 cloves, crushed
  • Lemon1
  • Olive Oil2 tbsp
  • Bay Leaf2
  • Stock or Broth500 ml
  • Urfa Pepper Flakes1 tsp

Optional extras

  • Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Brown the yogurt deeply in the Olive Oil in a heavy pot — patience here pays off later.

  2. 2

    Remove it, then let the onion and garlic soften in the drippings with the urfa pepper flakes.

  3. 3

    Return the yogurt, add the stock and bay leaves, and bring to the gentlest simmer.

  4. 4

    Cover and braise low and slow until the yogurt yields to a spoon, about 45 minutes.

  5. 5

    Skim the fat, reduce the sauce to a glaze, and serve with something starchy to catch every drop.

Chef's tip

Skim the fat from the surface before the final reduction for a cleaner sauce.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Turkish-style cold yogurt soup “Ayran aşı”🍲 Easy cold soup recipe✨perfect for summer!🌞 · on YouTube