Turkish Lamb Recipes

Turkish cooking spans smoky grilled kebabs and meze to gentle olive-oil vegetable dishes, balancing richness with yoghurt, lemon and herbs. When Turkish cooks work with lamb, they reach for olive oil, cumin, pul biber (pepper flakes), garlic, yoghurt and fresh mint, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are grilling, simmering, boiling and frying.

A tender, distinctively rich red meat at home in fragrant, spice-forward and slow-cooked dishes. In this collection it's most often cooked with onion, garlic, butter, tomatoes, tomato paste and ground cumin. The dishes here span turkish classics ready in as little as 30 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.

Reader favourite: İskender Kebab is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,134 ratings.