Mel's Kitchen 100% Pure Avocado Oil is a refined avocado oil in a 500 ml bottle with a pale-green label showing two avocado halves and leaves. The label calls it an all-purpose cooking oil and gives a smoke point of 260 °C, and the only thing it declares is avocado oil. Refining gives an oil with a mild, neutral taste, so the flavour of the food itself comes through.
In a Turkish kitchen it works wherever you would normally reach for sunflower or olive oil for hot cooking. Use it to sear köfte and kebab, shallow-fry börek or sebze kızartması (fried vegetables), soften onions as the base for menemen, roast potatoes and aubergines in the oven, or brush pide and pastry before baking. Its neutral taste also makes it a good choice for homemade mayonnaise, salad dressings and marinades for grilled chicken or lamb, and for dishes where olive oil would feel too strong.
Store the bottle in a cool, dark cupboard away from the hob and keep the cap tightly closed. Check the bottle for the best-before date, the nutrition panel and any storage notes.