Name: Agora Squid with Sauce (Agora kalamar)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 8 h 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon fish sauce (such as nuoc mam); 2 tablespoons dijon mustard; 1 tablespoon dried oregano; 20 g (¾ oz) butter, melted; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) fish sauce (such as nuoc mam); 1 garlic clove, grated; 1 large onion, grated; 1 tablespoon rice starch; 300 g (10½ oz) crème fraîche; 200 ml (7 fl oz) olive oil; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) squid tubes

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
9 hr

Appears in

Istanbul Cult Recipes

By Pomme Larmoyer

Published 2015

About

Fish sauce was not originally imported from afar to Turkey, but made instead by the Greeks. Its manufacture, similar to that of the Classical Roman garum, has fallen away. This is a recipe from the Agora Meyhanesi in Balat. Perhaps fish sauce will be reborn at the Agora, which aims to revive the customary know-how and traditions of the meyhanes, all in-house.