List of Turkish desserts
This is a list of desserts from Turkish cuisine.
Name of dessert | Image | Type | Description |
Acıbadem kurabiyesi | Almond cookie with bitter almond taste | - | |
Aşure | Pudding | A wheat pudding that contains dried fruits, nuts, chickpeas and other ingredients | |
Ayva tatlısı | Fruit | A fruit-based dessert made with quince | |
Badem ezmesi | Nuts | Marzipan | |
Baklava | Phyllo pastry | A type of phyllo pastry filled with finely chopped nuts and soaked in sugar syrup | |
Bülbül yuvası | Phyllo pastry | A type of phyllo pastry with walnut | |
Cezerye | Candy | Turkish gelatinous sweet made from caramelised carrots, shredded coconut and roasted nuts | |
Cevizli sucuk | Candy | Walnuts lined on a strand coated in thickened grape or mulberry juice and dried to resemble sausages | |
Demir tatlısı | Fried batter | Fried cookie made with an iron mold | |
Dilber dudağı | Pastry | Buttery pastry soaked in simple syrup | |
Dondurma | Dairy | Ice cream | |
Ekmek kadayıfı | Pudding | Bread pudding usually served with fresh clotted cream | - |
Fıstıklı Sarma | Pistachio with Nuts | ||
Güllaç | Dairy, fruit | Turkish milk and pomegranate pastry | |
Hanım göbeği | Pastry | Deep fried choux pastry balls soaked in simple syrup | |
Helatiye | Pudding | ||
Hoşaf | Fruit | Stewed dried fruits optionally spiced with cloves or cinnamon, may be served cold over rice | |
Hoşmerim | Halva | Also called cheese halvah, homemade hoşmerim is made from cheese, semolina and powdered sugar and often served with ice cream, honey or nuts | |
Kabak tatlısı | Fruit | Candied pumpkin garnished with walnuts and fresh kaymak cream | |
Kadayıf | - | ||
Kalburabastı | Pastry | Syrup-drenched pastries often served during the Islamic holidays, including the | |
Kaysefe | Fruit | Stewed dried fruits topped with melted butter and chopped nuts | |
Kazandibi | Pudding | Caramelized Tavuk göğsü | |
Kemalpaşa | Pastry | ||
Keşkül | Pudding | Almond based milk pudding | |
Komposto | Fruit | Fresh fruit compote | |
Künefe | Pastry | Tel kadayif dough filled with a layer of cheese and soaked in simple syrup | |
Lokma | Fried batter | Leavened, deep fried dough soaked in simple syrup or drizzled with honey | |
Lokum | Candy | Turkish delights | |
Macun | Candy | Turkish toffee candy | |
Muhallebi | Pudding, dairy | Milk pudding | |
Orcik candy | Candy | Candy coated walnut and fermented grape juice mixture | |
Pekmez | Syrup | Traditionally prepared molasses syrup, usually made from grapes | |
Pepeçura | Pudding | Pudding of grape must thickened with flour and optionally nuts | |
Pestil | Fruit | Fruit leather | |
Pişmaniye | Helva | Flour roasted in butter blended into pulled sugar Also called çekme helva, or pulled helva | |
Revani | Cake | Semolina cake soaked in simple syrup | |
Şekerpare | Pastry | Soft almond pastry soaked in lemon-flavored simple syrup | |
Şıllık | Crepe | Turkish dessert crepe filled with walnut and topped with sweet syrup and chopped pistachio | |
Şöbiyet | Phyllo pastry | Similar to baklava but filled with sweet cream and nuts | |
Supangle | Cake, pudding | Chocolate pudding topped cake garnished with chopped pistachio or shredded coconut | |
Sütlü Nuriye | Phyllo pastry, dairy | Baklava variation with dairy milk | |
Tavuk göğsü | Pudding, dairy | Turkish milk pudding made with fine strands of chicken breast | |
Tulumba | Fried batter | Deep-fried batter dough soaked in simple syrup | |
Zerde | Pudding | Sweet rice pudding colored yellow with saffron |