Turkish Sweets – Yummy desserts in Side
Dessert is a social rite in Turkey and they are meant to be shared with your loved ones. When you and your friends congregate to enjoy Turkish coffee or tea, there is numerous varieties of snacks, roll, or pastry that you can accompany the beverage with. You will surely be spoiled with options when it comes to desserts in the country and you will get to understand the meaning of the Turkish sweet tooth. Some of the most famous desserts are listed below.
Top 10 sweets to try out in Side
Tavuk Göğsü
This is a thick pudding with thin slices of chicken breast and it is usually served with cinnamon and maras ice cream. If you do not like chicken, another version is the one with Kazandibi which is a thick pudding with a burnt caramel top.
Kadayif and Kunefe
Kadayif is a combination of shredded wheat, sweet syrup, and nuts and it then becomes Kunefe which is a diet-busting dessert that originates from Palestine after you have added soft white cheese to the ingredient. You can add a healthy lash of white dondurma to cover the top with a sprinkling ground pistachio nuts.
Şekerpare
These are little cakes which are made with almond-based dough which are socked with hot sugar syrup. When they are cold, they are a little hard and crumbly which will melt in your mouth to show the sweet syrup.
Firinda Sutlac
This is a perfect choice if you are a fussy eater and it is a slight variation of the traditional western rice pudding. It is baked in a clay dish and it is not as sweet as other desserts on this list.
Tavuk Gogsu
This dish is made with chicken that is traditionally grounded into a fine paste which is then mixed with other ingredients like milk, sugar, cinnamon. This dish comes from the Ottoman kitchens of Turkey and it is among the country’s signature alternatives.
Pişmaniye
This is close to cotton candy and it is made by blending of flour which is then roasted in butter and pulled into fine strands. In some region in Turkey, you can get this dish covered in milk and chocolate makes it so mouthwatering and sweet.
Baklava
This is famous Turkish desserts and sweets and it is probably the most consumed dish in Turkey. You should ensure you try this out while in Turkey and you can easily get them in baker’s shop or as a dessert. The sweet is made up of flaky filo pastry, sweet syrup, and pistachio nuts. Although there are many different variations in different regions you will get the best from Gaziantep which is a popular baklava shop in Istanbul.
Lokma
You can easily get this sweet, oblong-shaped snack from the street vendors and it is usually the size of a large walnut. Tourists find the taste of this sweet simple and easy on the palette. The fried dough is so addictive that you are going to order and eat more than you want to when you try this sweet.
Cevizli Sucuk
Although Sucuk is popularly known as fermented sausage with numerous herbs Cevizli sucuk is a different creation from this. This sweet is made by dipping of walnuts strings into grape molasses mixture and it is then hung out to dry before it is cut into pieces and then enjoyed.
Lokum
This sweet is popularly known in the western world as the Turkish delight and it is the favorite souvenir for many tourists in the country. The sweet comes from the days of the Ottoman Empire and was made by Bekir Effendi in the late 18th century. The sweet is sold in numerous flavors with or without nuts and it is served traditionally after a Turkish cup of coffee so as to lighten the palette and to help cut through the heavy lingering taste.
