Dessert
Turkish delight (Lokum)
Sweet and chewy. Some of our favorite spots:
Baklava (classic style)
Classic baklava will come with either walnut or pistachio. It can come in little squares, big squares, triangles, diamonds, or ellipse (midye baklava). The shape and sizes change but, for the most part, they are all the same thing.
Soğuk baklava (literally “cold baklava”)
Soğuk baklava is mostly the same ingredients as classic baklava except it is soaked in milk, dusted with chocolate powder, and served cold. The taste is significantly different from classic baklava though.
This is Nurhan’s favorite dessert.
Fıstıklı sarma
You will find these in the same shops that sell baklava. They are PACKED with pistachios and covered in a sweet syrup.
Künefe
Künefe is cheese wrapped with thin noodles, cooked with a sweet syrup, and topped with nuts (typically pistachio) and kaymak. Kaymak is like a cream thickened to a halfway point between whipped cream and butter.
Ice cream (dondurma)
Turkish ice cream is a lot different from American style ice cream. The fat content of the milk is much higher so it has an almost chewy texture.
Lokma
Lokma is basically just fried dough, soaked in a sweet syrup.