Sofra Cookbook: Modern Turkish and Middle-Eastern Cookery [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Turkish and middle-eastern meze and other dishes from London’s 15 popular Sofra restaurants

Sofra is a hugely successful London Restaurant chain. Huseyin Ozer is the head chef and owner of the 15 cafes, restaurants and bistros. He has a charisma and perfectionism, plus a desire to create Turkish dishes that are authentic. He also runs one of Istanbul’s top restaurants, Sofresi (in the 5 star Swissotel)

The book is affordable and trendy, with pantone design for inside pages with 16 colour photographs

The book will have a strong section for vegetarians (although restaurant isn’t strictly vegetarian it was still voted one of the top 5 vegetarian menus in the UK by Time Out). Modern, healthy, innovative food.
Dishes will include Turkish pizza and pasta, falafel/kofte, delicious vegetable dishes, a mixture of grains, nuts and herbs, fresh fish, chicken and lamb and milk puddings and fruit compotes

Huseyin Ozer opened his first Sofra restaurant in Mayfair in1981. Now several thousand Sofa enthusiasts eat at his 15 restaurants, bistros and cafes every week in London’s West End, dedicated to Ozers adventurous and cosmopolitan cuisine.

'The sofra Cookbook' will introduce you to a whole new style of cooking. Ozer’s collection of recipes is at once traditional and contemporary, drawing upon diverse influences: Turkish home cooking with an eclectic mix of Mediterranean, Middle-Eastern and even Oriental styles.

Sofra recipes are simple , fresh and vivid. Favourite ingredients such as walnuts, apricots, aromatic vegetables, peppers, broad beans and chick peas are brought to life with a distinctive selection of herbs and spices including oregano, dill, paprika and cinnamon. Huseyin Ozer introduces you to a wealth of mezes (or starters), healthy vegetable, fish and lamb dishes, Turkish pasta (eriste) and pizza(pide), traditional milk puddings and fruit compotes.

Huseyin Ozer is one of London’s top restaurant entrepreneurs. Sofra, started in Shepherd’s Market Mayfair, and the chain now boasts 15 restaurants, bistros and cafes in the West End. There are several sites in Covent Garden, Shepherd’s Market Mayfair, St Christopher’s Place, Charing Cross.