Turkey gave us many iconic dishes, and its magnificent cuisine wouldn’t be the same without its sweet treats. From lokum to baklava, here are five delicious desserts that you shouldn’t miss for the world if you ever find yourself in Turkey.
Lokum
Also known as Turkish delight, lokum is made with starch and sugar, and it can be filled with many delicious ingredients, including nuts, chopped dates, and pistachios.
Tulumba
Tulumba is popular in many places across Europe and the Middle East, including Turkey. Made from choux pastry dough, this deep-fried pastry is soaked in sugar-sweet syrup that gives it its delicious flavor.
Baklava
One of the most popular pastries of Ottoman cuisine, baklava is made from crispy layers of filo dough, and it owes its irresistible taste to the combination of chopped nuts and syrup or honey.
Künefe
Künefe is the Turkish version of the Arab dessert knafeh, made with the pastry dough kadayif and layered with sweet syrup and the mozzarella-like local Hatay cheese.
Dondurma
If you’re in the mood to try some ice cream while in Turkey, it doesn’t get much better than dondurma. It’s usually made from cream, sugar, the plant resin called mastic, and salep, a special type of flour made from the ground-up tuber of an orchid.
