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Gurdeep Loyal’s quick and easy recipe for Turkish lamb and hot pepper paccheri | Quick and easy

A spicy Turkish dish with big flavours and big pasta, all topped with garlicky yoghurt sauce Biber salçası is a Turkish paste made from concentrated cooked…

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The Guardian reports that a spicy Turkish dish with big flavours and big pasta, all topped with garlicky yoghurt sauce Biber salçası is a Turkish paste made from concentrated cooked red peppers and salt.

It comes in two varieties: acı (spicy) and tatlı (sweet). The hotter version adds a deep, umami heat to cumin-spiced lamb in this pasta recipe, which in Turkey is known as markana.

This lifestyle story centres on Turkey. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Turkish, Gurdeep Loyal and Quick.

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Turkey · Middle East
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The Guardian
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Key names
Turkish, Gurdeep Loyal, Quick, Biber
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Lifestyle

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