FROM ANATOLIAN FERTILE HEARTLAND
True taste from the Mediterranean
Since 2007, NAR Gourmet has pursued a single mission: to bring the rich, healthy bounty of handcrafted Turkish foods and ingredients to the world. NAR Gourmet’s trusted farmers and artisans use all-natural, traditional methods to create exceptionally pure, flavorful products, from single estate and single variety olive oils and seasonal preserves to natural vinegars and organic spices. Each one of NAR Gourmet’s offerings captures the essence of Turkey’s fertile, sun-drenched Anatolian heartland, and is a vivid reflection of a particular region of the Mediterranean coast, one of the most ecologically diverse growing regions in the world. Supporting variety and honoring tradition, NAR Gourmet is the gift of true taste from the Mediterranean, bringing wonders of this region to your life.
NAR GOURMET IS BROUGHT TO AUSTRALIA BY SAARDÉ AND SOMER SIVRIOGLU Somer Sivrioglu Spending the first 25 years of his life in Turkey, where his mother was a successful restaurant consultant, chef Sivrioglu grew up around the vibrancy of urban Turkish Cuisine. It is these early culinary experiences, combined with his many years in the restaurant and hospitality industry, that gave Chef Sivrioglu the inspiration behind Efendy Restaurant, and his journey now continues with the new venture Anason at Barangaroo.
SaardĂŠ Founded by Shenol and Verity Kizek, they had a vision to share the rich heritage of Turkish textiles, while bringing a fresh and modern take to these authentic items. Verity and Shenol draw their inspiration from a combination of relaxed Mediterranean and Australian beach side living. Textural luxury, natural materials, traditional techniques and pared back style. Olive groves, azure waters, salty skin, shared sunset feasts They are excited to be expanding their passion for the highest quality goods from Turkey, into the area of gourmet food.
Centuries Long Sweet Traditions:
TRADITIONAL Centuries Long SweetCONFECTIONARY Traditions: Nar Gourmet’s Turkish Delights crafted exclusively by talented master confectioners, and slowly dissolving akide candies to savor are all testament to the centuries long sweet traditions!
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The memory of a single cup of coffee lasts forty years!
TURKISH COFFEE This Turkish expression reveals the significance of coffee in Turkish culture. Coffee was first introduced to the world by the Turks. The first coffee beans of the Ottoman capital were brought to Istanbul by Özdemir Pasha, governor of Yemen during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. After mid 1500’s Istanbul became the hub of coffee culture, where Turkish coffee was served in delicate coffee cups following a refined ritual of roasting and grinding. From Istanbul, the habit of coffee, the new passion crossing borders, spread to Europe, then to the rest the world. YEMEN Grown at an altitude of 2500 meters, history and sophistication is blended in Yemen Coffee, through the use of centuries-old traditional methods that achieve a complex flavor with an almost wild twist. A product of rare and limited cultivation, “Nar Gourmet-Yemen Coffee” is bound to allure coffee aficionados with its timeless grace. DECAFF “Nar Gourmet – Decaffeinated Turkish Coffee” is produced without chemicals enabling coffee lovers enjoy the full flavor of coffee without the effects of caffeine.
BRAZIL Soon after the establishment of first coffee plantations in Brazil by early 18th century, Brazilian coffee started to dominate the Ottoman market, partly because the Yemeni production was very limited. Arabica coffee, essential for Turkish coffee, grown in 800-meter altitude in mountainous terrains of Brazil, yields coffeebeans with low acidity with a bold, yet smooth body, bearing chocolate and nutty aromas with a sweet finish, ideal for Turkish coffee.
In Turkey, drinking tea is an unconditional part of life.
TURKISH BLACK TEA Starting from the early days of the Republic, Turkey fast became a tea cultivator ranking 5th in the world. Turkish tea is cultivated with natural methods at the mountainous terrains of Eastern Black Sea region where the use of pesticides becomes unnecessary due to adequate snowfall during winter. Tea grown in the highlands contains strong aromatic compounds, which give the Turkish tea its unique character. Known also by the name of the town of Rize, the epicenter of tea cultivation, Nar Gourmet Rize Turkish Tea is a blend of the selection of the best leaves.Turkish tea is best enjoyed in glasses with a slender waist revealing its aroma and displaying its purest clarity and strikingly scarlet hue. The ruby red tea shining through a tulip shaped glass has thus become a symbol of Turkey and Turkish hospitality.
Divine Purity
NAR GOURMET OLIVE OIL COLLECTION The 100-percent-cold-pressed, early-harvest extra virgin olive oils in NAR Gourmet’s collection represent the full, extraordinary breadth of the Mediterranean’s long history of olive cultivation. Marked by both subtle and striking flavors and aromas, and made exclusively from hand-selected fruit, NAR Gourmet olive oils are a revelation. Each oil reflects our growers’ intimate knowledge of Turkey’s vast diversity of olive varietals.
Award Winning COLD-PRESSED WITHIN SIX HOURS OF HARVEST FROM ONE OF TURKEY’S BEST OLIVE OIL REGIONS EARLY HARVEST The single-varietal prized Ayvalik olives used to make this oil are painstakingly hand-harvested at the earliest sign of ripeness, when their color is darkening from green to purple. The young fruit is cold-pressed within six hours of the harvest in order to preserve its natural flavors, creating an oil with incomparable brightness and intensity. Our Early Harvest oil has garnered awards at multiple juried competitions, including New York International Olive Oil Competition (NYIOOC), Olive China, and Olive Japan. It’s also listed prominently in Italy’s prestigious FlosOlei Catalogue, as one of the region’s best olive oils. This EVOO is ideal for salads, cold appetizers and even breakfast dishes.
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NATURALLY FLAVORED OLIVE OILS For these subtly nuanced seasoning oils, hand picked olives are cold-pressed at the same time with all-natural fruits, vegetables and herbs which have been cultivated from various regions - from lemon to rosemary to chili pepper to create exquisite flavor combinations.
BASIL NATURALLY FLAVORED OLIVE OIL LEMON NATURALLY FLAVORED OLIVE OIL The timeless, irresistible combination of fresh basil and extra virgin oliveolives oil is used the foundation of coastal classic Mediterranean dishes, The come fromfor thedozens Aegean district of Ayvalik, fromcelebrated richly sauced pastas to capital summery long as the “olive of tomato-and-fresh-cheese Turkey,” and the name ofsalads. the Our basil-infused by cold-pressing thefresh freshlemon herb with prized olives grownoil, in made the region. Cold-pressing peelprized together Ayvalik olives, delivers the sweet, delicate flavor of real basil in every drop. with the late harvest of Ayvalik olives infuses this versatile seasoning oil with a bright, zesty flavor that wakes up salads, fresh shellfish dishes, and all kinds of light appetizers and sides, from marinated artichokes to braised greens.
OREGANO NATURALLY BERGAMOT NATURALLYFLAVORED FLAVOREDOLIVE OLIVEOIL OIL delicious oil captures very essence of the Aegean AThis little sweeterseasoning than a lemon but morethe sour than a grapefruit, the region,Bergamot where oregano long been a pillarin ofTurkey. local cuisines. Made yellow orangehas is widely cultivated Considered cold-pressing freshand oregano withthe prized Ayvalik olives, this aby hybrid of an orange a lemon, aromatic bergamot orange naturally-infused oil offers a bold finishing touch to pasta sauces is a pear-shaped fruit with a floral, rich, and faintly bitter flavor. and adds depth andwith structure to grillingAyvalik marinades andthe richly-spiced When cold-pressed late harvested olives, essence stuffed vegetable dishes. extracted from the aromatic peel of the sour fruit infuses the oil with a pleasingly tart, deeply aromatic flavor that’s perfect for salad dressings and grilled fish. This oil is a bright and citrusy delight!
CHILI PEPPER NATURALLY FLAVORED OLIVE OIL The deep, fruit-tinged heat and rust-red color of the chili pepper—which grows in abundance in Eastern Turkey—lends a remarkably bold character to this seasoning oil, which is made by cold-pressing chilies with prized Ayvalik olives. Delicious dipping oil for bread, as a garnish for pizzas, flatbreads, couscous, roasted potatoes—or almost any dish that calls out for a touch of fiery spice with this olive oil.
RED PEPPER NATURALLY FLAVORED OLIVE OIL The Anatolian red pepper, similar to the mild-tasting red bell pepper commonly used in America, is often roasted and stuffed, turned into flavorful condiments, or chopped up for fresh salads. This delicious seasoning oil, made by cold-pressing fresh red peppers with late harvested Ayvalik olives, brings the essence of the pepper’s flavor to salads, pizzas, and roasted or grilled meats. It’s also stellar on its own as a dip for fresh bread.
NAR Gourmet’s rich jams and marmalades are single-varietal products, made with fruits cultivated from a single micro-region and often a single orchard or grove. This makes each product a direct reflection of a distinct region of Anatolia, one of the world’s most bio-diverse and geographically variegated growing regions.
No preservative, no additive…
Every one of the different varieties of NAR Gourmet preserves—from orange peel and sour cherry to Anatolian apricot and fig is 100 percent preservative and additive-free, crafted using traditional slow-cooking methods that honor many generations’ worth of Turkish artisanship. Ensuring NAR Gourmet’s high standards are met during production, every step of the process is meticulously monitored with a single goal: to preserve the bright, vivid flavors of the fruit at its peak of perfection. It’s Mediterranean sunshine in a jar.
The fruit that goes into each jar is carefully hand-selected and hand-picked at the very peak of ripeness, not a moment sooner or later.
Sour cherry
rose petal
Mixed berry
raspberry
strawberry
apricot
blueberry
mulberry
Blackberry
Capturing Seasonal Sweetness Bringing color to winter
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Cheese and Jam Love...
Try these all-natural preserves as an accompaniment to pungent soft cheeses, or to wake up salads and Italian pasta dishes. Enjoy these intensely flavored preserves in tarts, over sorbets and ice cream, or on top of your cheesecake. Enjoy them at breakfast, with fresh bread or scones, or on flakey croissants and fluffy pancakes; or use them for savory recipes, as a glaze for grilled meats, or even in a marinade. Or just eat the whole fruit right out of the jar!
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CONDIMENTS Mediterranean cooks have known for SOUR MULBERRY Organic sour mulberries harvested from special groves generations: handcrafted condiments, just orchards are crushed and boiled over wood fire to like olive oils, can bring incredible nuance SOUR MULBERRY and depth to all kinds of foods, bothfrom as aspecial groves make this delicious sauce that creates a wonderful Organic sour mulberries harvested contrast when used in desserts, revealing an appetizing cooking andand as boiled a seasoning. orchardsingredient are crushed over wood fire to flavor. make this delicious sauce that creates a wonderful ORGANIC CONDIMENTS contrast when used in desserts, revealing an appetizingPOMEGRANATE PLUM Our sour plum sauce is a wonderful antioxidant flavor. Pomegranate is one of the most traditional flavors made from organic plums harvested from special in Anatolian recipes. Our pomegranate extract is POMEGRANATE orchards while they are still unripe, crushed and specially prepared by grinding garden-grown Pomegranate is one of the most traditional flavors boiled over wood fire. Try this all-natural organic pomegranates, placing them inside copper pots in Anatolian recipes. Our pomegranate extract is sour plum sauce, particularly preferred for stuffed and boiling on a wood fire. specially prepared by grinding garden-grown vegetable dishes, in salad dressings, or with bulgur pomegranates, placing them inside copper pots LEMON salad and meat dishes. and boiling on a wood fire. Organic lemons harvested from special orchards QUINCE are crushed and boiled in copper pots over wood LEMON Organic quince grown in special orchards is fire to create an exclusive Nar Gourmet condiment Organic lemons harvested from special orchards harvested before the fruits are ripe, crushed and that can replace lemon juice and accompany sour are crushed and boiled in copper pots over wood boiled over wood fire to make this stomach-friendly pomegranate sauce in traditional recipes. fire to create an exclusive Nar Gourmet condiment sour sauce with low acidity. that can replace lemon juice and accompany sour BITTER ORANGE pomegranate sauce in traditional recipes. Bitter oranges that come from special orchards are crushed and then boiled over wood fire to obtain this sharp and powerful condiment, a delight for fans of sour flavors.
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