 Hoşmerim and Turkish tea | |
| Course | Dessert |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Turkey |
| Main ingredients | Semolina,cheese,sugar,milk,almond |
Höşmerim orhoşmerim is aTurkish dessert popular in theAegean,Marmara,Trakya andCentral Anatolia,Black Sea,East Black Sea regions of Turkey. It is sometimes calledpeynir helva or "cheesehalva". It is generally consumed after a meal as a lightdessert and may be topped withice cream,honey ornuts.
Höşmerim has been served for 50–55 years as a commercial product in the markets andpastry shops. However, most of its manufacture occurs on a small scale. Recipes and methods may differ from one region to another. Traditional recipes include fresh unsaltedcheese,semolina and powderedsugar. Commercially producedhöşmerim may includecream,egg andriboflavin in addition to the traditional ingredients for the homemade varieties.
The Turkish wordhoşmerim is loaned from thePersian wordχʷoş-maram (خوش مرم). It is a compound word, derived fromχʷoş (خوش), meaning "sweet" andmaram (مرم), meaning "kaymak". The oldest attested use of the word in a Turkic language is found inNi‘mettullāh bin Aḥmed bin Ḳāżī Mübārek er-Rūmī's 1540 dictionaryLügat-i Ni'metu'llâh.[1]
According to thefolk etymology, a soldier could not see his wife for a long time because of the war. When the war finished, man came to his village and saw his wife. His wife prepared Hoşmerim and asked her husband "Hoş mu erim?" meaning "Is it nice, my man?"[citation needed]
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