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| Type | Kurabiye |
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| Place of origin | Turkey |
| Region or state | İzmir |
| Main ingredients | praline, flour, baking soda, salt, butter, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, egg, vanilla extract |
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 İzmir Bombası Tatlısı Tarifi (İzmir Bomb Dessert Recipe) |
İzmir Bombası (English:İzmir Bomb), orPraline Stuffed Cookies,[1] is akurabiye from theTurkish cuisine filled withchocolate spread.[2] The kurabiye gets its name fromİzmir, the place where it originates. The dessert has a crispy dough layer on the outside and a fluid cream filling on the inside. Different stories have been published by Turkish media about who made the kurabiye first.[3][4]
According toGoogle Trends, the İzmir Bomb was the 6th most searched recipe in Turkey in 2020.[5][6]
The dessert is believed to be an evolution of theMurabbalı mecidiye, which is a similar kurabiye from theOttoman cuisine filled with apricotmurabba. The cause of the popularity of the İzmir Bomb is the massive advertisement shared onsocial media.[4]
The most common Bomb Kurabiye is made by filling white dough with chocolate spread or by filling brown dough withwhite chocolate spread. Apart from this there are also types withraspberries.[7] After the dessert became popular, versions filled withpoppy seed paste instead of chocolate spread have been made in theAfyonkarahisar Province.[8]
In Turkey, the biscuit is mass-produced byÜlker asBiskrem,[9] byEti asTutku[10] and by Torku asDelidolu.[11]
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