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Replicating a Uyghur tonur baking experience in an American oven

Posted on March 16, 2023 by David Dettmann

As you may know, over the past many years I have been experimenting with baking techniques that replicate the traditional Uyghur tonur oven. Those experiments tended to include the use of a broiler, and/or a super hot and dense cooking … Continue reading →

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Uyghur meat pies cooked under the broiler

Posted on March 8, 2015 by David Dettmann

This weekend I made an exciting discovery. I found that I can use my gas oven’s broiler to replicate tonur-style Uyghur meat pies (a.k.a. samsa سامسا). Uyghur samsa are delicious. The filling is simply fatty mutton, finely-chopped onions, salt, cumin, … Continue reading →

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