Must Try in Turkey: Desserts
Everybody loves desserts. Pudding, cake, ice cream, tiramisu… But Turkish desserts are different. They are often naturally sweet and creatively spiced. You will love them.
Here are the top Turkish desserts…
Baklava
The most known Turkish dessert is, of course, baklava (sweet pastry). Layers of phyllo dough and chopped nuts are sweetened with syrup or honey, then cut into individual servings.
Künefe
Künefe is a kind of sweet pastry and it has got cheese in it. You should have Künefe, when it’s still hot.
Lokma
This dessert is like doughnut with syrup. The difference is; lokma is fried dough.They are flavored with honey, sugar syrup, or cinnamon.
Ekmek Kadayıfı
Ekmek Kadayıfı is a version of bread pudding that served with kaymak (a type of milk cream). This dessert is one of the sweetest desserts of Turkish culture.
Helva
Helva or halva is a dense dessert. Halva means sweet. There is a flour-based version that is more gelatinous, whereas the nut, butter, and sugar-based version crumble more easily.
Aşure
Aşure is mostly cooked in houses at a certain time of the year known as Aşure month (according to the Islamic Calendar) and shared with relatives and neighbors. You can find it in restaurants easily too. It contains wheat, rice, beans, chickpeas, sugar, dried fruits, and nuts.
