| The most famous Turkish foods might be savory | | | | rose water and cornstarch is popular in Turkey and |
| ones like kabobs, stuffed vine leaves and hummus but | | | | this can be flavored with dried fruit, rose petals, or |
| Turkish desserts are well worth knowing about too, | | | | other flavorings. |
| because they are so tasty. The best known Turkish | | | | Recipe for Turkish Asure |
| desserts are baklava, which is a sweet pastry with | | | | This dessert is also known as "Noah's pudding." |
| nuts, Turkish delight, and marzipan. | | | | According to Turkish lore, when the food on Noah's |
| Desserts made with milk are also popular in Turkey. | | | | ark was about to run out towards the end of the flood, |
| Turkish rice pudding is good and "haytali" is a delicious | | | | Noah mixed together and cooked all his remaining |
| Turkish recipe from the Mediterranean area, which | | | | ingredients, and this dessert was the result. |
| contains crush ice or ice cream, starch pudding, syrup | | | | Rinse and drain the canned beans and peas before |
| and rose water. Turkish people enjoy cookies and | | | | using them and let the apricots soak in water overnight |
| these are often made with almond, sugar, and egg. | | | | to make them juicier. |
| More popular Turkish desserts include "yaz helvasi" | | | | What you will need: |
| which is flavored with almonds or walnuts, "irmik | | | | - 1 cup white kidney beans |
| helvasi" with pine nuts and semolina, and "tahin helvasi" | | | | - 1 cup barley |
| which contains crushed sesame seeds for a unique | | | | - 10 cups water |
| flavor. A more unusual Turkish dessert is "asure" which | | | | - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| contains dried fruit, wheat, and boiled beans. Rose | | | | - 1 cup chickpeas |
| water or cinnamon might be added to this soup-like | | | | - 10 chopped dried figs |
| dessert before it is served. "Gullac" is a mouthwatering | | | | - 10 chopped dried apricots |
| dessert made with dough layers, rose water, milk, | | | | - 1/2 cup raisins |
| walnuts, and pomegranate seeds. | | | | - 1 cup white sugar |
| Fruity Turkish Puddings | | | | - 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, for garnish |
| Fruit-based desserts with fig, quince, apple, pear, or | | | | How to make it: |
| pumpkin are popular too and the fruit can be baked | | | | Bring four cups of the water to a boil in a big pot and |
| with cinnamon and sugar, chilled, and then served with | | | | add the barley. Turn the heat down to moderately low |
| nuts. Most cuisines use fruit to make puddings and | | | | and cook the barley for thirty minutes. Add the |
| desserts and baking the sweetened fruit make it soft, | | | | chickpeas, beans, apricots, figs, sugar, raisins, vanilla, |
| juicy, and perfect to use in other recipes. | | | | and the rest of the water. |
| A dessert that is popular in the rural areas of Turkey is | | | | Cook the pudding for about forty five minutes, stirring it |
| made with grape syrup and sesame paste. These | | | | a few times. Let it cool down and chill it in the |
| two ingredients are bought separately and then mixed | | | | refrigerator. Serve garnished with the chopped nuts. |
| together to make the recipe. Ice cream made with | | | | |