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Kaymaklı Kayısı: Apricots Stuffed with Clotted Cream (Recipe)

Kaymaklı kayısı is the Turkish sweet-shop dessert of whole dried apricots poached in light lemon syrup, cooled, then split and filled with kaymak and crushed pistachio. This recipe covers buying the fruit, the syrup, assembly, and what to do when it goes wrong.

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Ayva Tatlısı: Turkish Candied Quince Dessert Recipe

Ayva tatlısı turns rock-hard winter quince into garnet-red halves in soft syrup jelly, finished with kaymak and pistachios. The secret is a two-hour bare simmer with the fruit's own seeds...

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Katmer: Gaziantep's Crispy Pistachio and Kaymak Pastry

Explainer on katmer, Gaziantep's paper-thin breakfast pastry of kaymak, Antep pistachios, and sugar: its pre-dawn and wedding-morning traditions, how katmerci make it, how it differs from baklava, and a yufka/filo...

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Turkish Cheese Board (Peynir Tabağı): How to Build One

A complete guide to building a peynir tabağı — which Turkish cheeses to choose (beyaz peynir, ezine, kaşar, tulum, örgü, lor, mıhalıç), the classic pairings of olives, honey with kaymak,...

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Kadayıf Desserts Explained: Tel, Ekmek & More

A complete explainer of the kadayıf dessert family: tel kadayıf (shredded phyllo behind künefe, kadayıf dolması, and burma), ekmek kadayıfı (syrup-soaked bread pudding with kaymak), and yassı kadayıf — with...

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