Almond biscuits made from bitter almonds or bitter almond syrup. Well established in Edirne.
Akide şekeri
Candy
Basic ingredients of it are sugar, starch and water. Made by boiling the ingredients until they reach the desired concentration. Optionally, different flavors can be added.
Alaçatı kurabiyesi
Cookie
Non-dairy Cookie that is flavored withmastic flavor. Alaçatı is a neighborhood of İzmir, the area where this cookie originated from.
Bağaça is a kind of tahini cake originated fromAntalya. Ingredient in use are flour, butter, sugar, tahini, sesame seeds, pine, rosin, chickpea yeast, and cinnamon.
Ashaved ice dessert, sweetened with powdered sugar and a red fruit or flower syrup. Additional toppings are added, usually fruits. Originating in the city of Adana. Although the taste is different, due to the use of different toppings and syrup, it is very similar to Korea'sBingsu
Traditional Turkish ice cream famous for its sellers joking around with customers. The most traditional taste is calledDamla sakızı, or, in a literal translation ‘Gummy Drops’. In the Greek society it's known as the ‘Tears of Chios’. Both refer to the mastic taste obtained from the mastic tree. This ice cream originated in the city ofKahramanmaraş, hence the name ‘Maraş ice cream’.
The bread or sponge cake dough is mixed with pistachios and hazelnuts before being baked. Then, it will be drenched in a sweetsharbat syrup and served withfresh clotted cream. Originating in the city ofAfyonkarahisar
Consists of milk, rose water and a kind of special very thin dough also calledgüllaç. Optionally, it can be served with some fruits likepomegranate and nuts on top. It is said that it was first made in the Ottoman palace's kitchen by Chef cook Ali fromKastamonu in 1489.
Halka tatlısı
Type of pastry fried in oil and sweetened withsharbat syrup.
Also called cheesehalvah, homemadehoşmerim is made from cheese,semolina and powdered sugar and often served withice cream,honey or nuts. It has originated in the region ofMarmara, withBalıkesir being the most known for it.
Pumpkin pieces soaked inlime water for a long time; by this process, it has cruncy and candy like texture. After this process, they are boiled insharbat syrup. Served withtahini.
Leavened, deep fried dough soaked insharbat syrup and topped with coconut powder, cinnamon powder, pistachio or hazelnut powder, chocolate sauce, fruits or other toppings. Traditionally, this dessert doesn't use toppings. Very common in Aegean cities such asİzmir orAyvalık.
In the English speaking world it is known as “Turkish delight”. It is eaten together with Turkish coffee to compensate the strong taste.
Lor tatlısı
Pastry
This sweet pastry is made from whey cheese and usually served with mastic flavored traditional Turkish ice cream. It is a local specialty dessert from the coastal townAyvalık in the Aegean region of Turkey.
Luzine
Halva
Produced using semolina, white sugar, wheat flour, walnut kernels, and water.
Flour roasted in butter blended into pulled sugar. Also calledçekme helva, or pulled helva. It often reminds people of cotton candy, but it is very different in taste and texture. It is very similar (in taste and texture and in the making) of the KoreanKkul-tarae and China'sDragon's Beard Candy
Pürüzyen
Pastry
U shaped pastry filled with almond paste and sprinkled with sugar on top.
Thin layers of phyllo brushed with clarified butter, poured with a type of cold sharbat syrup consists of milk and sugar and served with cocoa or grated chocolate on top.
Su muhallebisi
Pudding
Type of pudding made with water, milk, starch. It is generally served withrose water and powdered sugar. Optionally, meltedkızamık şekeri (kind of spicy sugar mixture) can be poured on it when served.
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