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Cezerye

Cezerye is a semi-gelatinous Turkish confectionery made from carrot,  fig or date purée,  packed with nuts or pistachios and sprinkled with shredded coconut.

Cezerye is  served at special occasions,  it looks like  Turkish Delights.  It is traditionally believed to be an aphrodisiac. You can buy cezerye also as a gift.

SÜTLAÇ(RICE PUDDİNG)

Rice pudding is a dish made from rice mixed with water or milk and sometimes other ingredients.

Different variants are used for either desserts or dinners. When used as a dessert, it is commonly combined with a sweetener. Rice pudding can greatly vary even within a single country.

In Turkey we regularly use milk, spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger),

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PİŞMANİYE

Pişmaniye  is a Turkish sweet in fine strands made by blending flour roasted in butter into pulled sugar.

It is sometimes garnished with ground pistachio nuts.  Pişmaniye looks like cotton candy, both method and ingredients are different. There are many different Turkish names used in different provinces, the most common being tel helva, çekme helva, tel

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ASURE(WHITE PUDDING)

Asure  is one of the oldest and most traditional desserts of the Turkish cuisine.

The month following the Feast of Sacrifice (Kurban Bayrami) is known as the Asure month.  Plenty of asure is cooked in every household during it which is both served to the guests and distributed to the neighbors and relatives. It has an

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BAKLAVA

Baklava is one of the traditional desserts which is best known and made in all regions of Anatolia. It is characteristic of the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire.Baklava is a rich,  sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey. It has also another type

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TURKISH DELIGHT(LOKUM)

An old Turkish aphorism tells one to “eat sweetly and speak sweetly”. Sweets have always been an important component of Turkish cuisine. The origin of Lokum -Turkish Delight- dates back to the time of the Ottoman Empire.

Delight (Lokum) is a confection made from starch and sugar. It is often flavored with rosewater, mastic or lemon;

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COTTON CANDY

That sweet thing is one of the main things that remind us our childhood.

Cotton candy or candy floss or fairy floss is a form of spun sugar and food coloring, that is used to change the natural white colour. It is sticky and sweet, it dissolves quickly in the mouth.

It feels like wool to the touch

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