The ocak
The pit is the kitchen
Ocak & Ember is built around a central charcoal pit in Gaziantep. Oak burns down before noon; from then on the fire is never fed, only fanned.
The cook works a straw fan and a row of skewers, and lamb chars to order a breath of smoke at a time. Anatolian fire, grilled over oak.
- Wood
- Oak only, burned down to ember
- Heat
- Fanned by hand, never flamed
- Order
- Every şiş charred to order
Heat
Fan the pit. The glow, the embers and the skewer all follow.
The pit suggests
Lamb Shish
Cubed leg wants a steady working heat.
Közde: 3 skewers over the embers. The pit suggests Lamb Shish.
