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Cheap holidays in Greece, Turkey and Egypt: unusual local cuisine
Taking advantage of cheap holidays in Greece, Egypt or Turkey for a relaxing break this summer? Just because you’ve decided to laze by the pool instead of booking skydiving lessons and joining a mountaineering group, it doesn’t mean that you can’t add a little spice to your vacation. You may have thought you knew the cuisine of these countries inside out but, if you stick to local favourites, gastronomic thrills are still easy to come by.
Book one of the many
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and you can relax into weeks of scorching sun and ancient culture. When you tire of the pyramids, scuba diving and hotel buffets, take to the streets and discover what Egyptians eat at home. Egypt is home to a number of unique dishes that have yet to sneak onto the wider table. Rise early and grab a portion of fuul for a nutritious breakfast. Consisting of mushed, spiced fava beans, fuul is an ancient dish that still retains all of its charm.
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of your meals, and possibly even drinks, are an excellent idea if you are keeping an eye on your budget, but that shouldn’t stop you trying some of the local delicacies. A little-known Turkish confectionery creation is asure. The recipe for asure is steeped in legend; the thick vanilla-coloured dessert is flavoured with a myriad of heavenly spices, which represent the remaining stores on Noah’s ark when the flood waters subsided.
A less sweet smelling dish is the popular street snack: kokorec. Looking like a spindle wrapped in thread, these grilled skewers are actually laden with meaty lengths of intestine, occasionally stuffed with sweetbreads and usually served with lashings of chilli. Across the border in Greece a similar love of offal prevails. An intestine-heavy soup, patsa, is so popular among locals that restaurants which specialise in this broth of animal odds and ends proudly proclaim its appearance on their menus.
Perhaps more palatable, though less unique, are the numerous flaky pastries so beloved by the Greeks at breakfast time. Bite into an unctuous bougatsa and its crisp pastry casing will erupt with delicious spinach, cheese, minced meat or custard to calm your grumbling tummy in the morning. Later in the day you might want to tuck into a spanakopita or two. Oozing with feta or ricotta cheese dyed green with slivers of spinach, these pastry-cased vegetable pies are a particularly tempting snack when teatime rolls around.
As those
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draw to a close, make sure you leave room in your luggage for a hefty helping of kataifi. This relative of baklava is not unique to Greece, being part of the Levantine culinary repertoire, but is no less worthy of a corner of your suitcase. Filled with chopped nuts, these small cylindrical masses of shredded pastry coated in syrup are a beautiful blend of subtle sweetness that radiates across your tongue with each crunchy mouthful.
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