In her first cookbook, social media star and baker Bëtul Tunç of Turkuaz Kitchen shows us how to create sweet and savory doughs and offers 75 recipes on how to use them in main meals and desserts.
Bëtul Tunç was born and raised in Erzurum, a city nestled in northeastern Turkey known for its long and snowy winters. During the frosty, dark days, she found solace baking Turkish breads and desserts with her mother and sisters. Recognizing her enthusiasm for baking, her mother started to teach her how to create sweet and savory doughs from scratch. A passion for baking was born, and it followed Bëtul through her move to the U.S. and the expansion of her family. Searching for a creative outlet to share her cooking, Bëtul came across Instagram and immediately reached an audience that grew rapidly with each personal post she shared. Bëtul began creating vintage-style videos with her unique aesthetic and was met with an incredible online response.
In her first cookbook, Bëtul shares recipes broken down by leavened and unleavened dough and even includes a chapter on her family favorite Turkish recipes. Turkuaz Kitchen shows us how to create the following:
• Basic Doughs: for bagels, bagels, pita, ciabatta, and muffins
• Sourdoughs: for pizza dough, bread, foccacia, and brioche
• Enriched Doughs: for croissants, cardamom buns, buttermilk dinner rolls, and burger buns
• Pasta dough: for pastas, noodles, dumplings, and boreks
• Turkish recipes: Turkish style phyllo, Turkish Pistachio Baklava, Spinach Triangle Borek, and Grandma's Lavash
“Turkuaz Kitchen” transports readers to a vintage nineteenth century kitchen where we delight in recreating Bëtul's doable and inspiring recipes.
