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Fruit Cream Cake (Meyveli Yaş Pasta)
Layers of peach and banana with vanilla cream. Draining the fruit is what stops the cream running.
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Apple Filled Biscuits (Elmalı Kurabiye)
Grated apple cooked with cinnamon and wrapped in dough. Driving off the apple liquid is essential.
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Drop Cookies (Kaşık Kurabiyesi)
No shaping involved; the dough is dropped onto the tray with a spoon. The fastest biscuit there is.
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Almond Macaroons (Acıbadem Kurabiyesi)
No flour, no gluten. Ground almonds and egg white, with a cracked top.
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Kadayıf Dolması
A dessert from Antep: pistachio rolled in kadayıf, fried and then soaked in syrup. No oven.
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Panna Cotta with Fruit (Meyveli Panna Cotta)
The amount of gelatine decides the texture. Too much makes it rubbery, too little leaves it runny.
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No Churn Ice Cream (Ev Dondurması)
No machine needed. Whisking the mixture three times as it freezes breaks up the ice crystals.
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Cezerye
Carrot boiled with sugar until it thickens. A Mersin sweet, and a matter of patience.