DessertsMedium
Crème Caramel (Krem Karamel)
A milk and egg custard baked in a bain-marie in moulds lined with dark honey-coloured caramel, chilled and turned out onto a plate to serve.
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What to make with granulated sugar
18 verified recipes that use granulated sugar. Every recipe lists measurements and times; nutrition is shown only when the data is complete.
DessertsEasy
Cypriot Shamali Semolina Cake (Şamali)
In this eggless, flourless shamali, a semolina batter with yoghurt and mastic is left to rest, baked with almonds and soaked while hot with cooled lemon syrup.
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DessertsMedium
Turkish Cheese Halva with Semolina (Höşmerim)
Unsalted fresh cheese is cooked with egg yolks and semolina over low heat until it releases its fat, then thickened with sugar and served warm or cold.
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DessertsMedium
Cypriot Pumpkin and Tahini Pastries
A sweet Cypriot pastry where grated pumpkin, tahini and cinnamon meet crisp filo sheets.
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Reklam
Salads & MezeEasy
Cypriot Fava (Split Broad Bean Purée with Dill)
A silky purée of dried split broad beans with caramelised onion and plenty of extra virgin olive oil; a classic meze.
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Olive-Oil DishesMedium
Cypriot Stuffed Artichokes in Olive Oil
Fresh artichoke bottoms filled with an olive oil rice filling with dill and cooked slowly.
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Pastries & BakingMedium
Hellimli ve Zeytinli Rulo Çörek – Cypriot Halloumi and Olive Rolls Recipe
Fragrant Cypriot bakery-style rolled buns filled with fresh halloumi, sele olives and dried mint.
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DessertsMedium
Cypriot Baked Rice Pudding (Fırın Sütlaç)
Rice is cooked in milk until it thickens with its own starch, then divided between bowls and speckled brown under the oven grill. The body comes from the rice; a spoonful of rice flour only keeps the surface from cracking.
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Pastries & BakingMedium
Flaouna — Cypriot Easter Cheese Bread
An Easter bread filled with anari and halloumi, scented with mahlep and mastic in the dough. In Cyprus it is known as pilavuna.
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Pastries & BakingMedium
Kolokoti — Cypriot Pumpkin and Bulgur Pasty
Pumpkin, bulgur and raisins in an olive oil pastry — the classic Cypriot pasty of the fasting season.
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DessertsEasy
Sutlac — Turkish Baked Rice Pudding
Burst the rice in its own water before the milk goes in; that is what sets the texture without starch.
Helal uygun
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DessertsMedium
Lemon Semifreddo
An Italian frozen dessert that needs no ice-cream machine: egg yolks cooked over a water bath, lemon and cream. Served in slices.
Helal uygun
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Olive-Oil DishesMedium
Imam Bayildi — Stuffed Aubergines in Olive Oil
The aubergines are softened in the oven rather than deep-fried, and the onions are cooked until sweet. Served warm, never hot.
Vejetaryen
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BreakfastHard
Gaziantep Katmeri – Pistachio Katmer with Clotted Cream Recipe
A breakfast sweet of paper-thin pastry with plenty of pistachios and kaymak.
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Olive-Oil DishesEasy
Zeytinyağlı Taze Fasulye – Turkish Green Beans in Olive Oil Recipe
A summer essential: green beans cooked slowly in olive oil with peeled tomatoes and onion.
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DessertsHard
Geleneksel Kazandibi – Turkish Caramelized Milk Pudding Recipe
A Turkish milk pudding cooked over a caramelized sugar base, the most caramelized of all milk desserts.
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DessertsMedium
Kıbrıs Cevizli Sucuğu – Cypriot Walnut Soutzoukos Recipe
Cyprus's natural snack: walnuts strung on thread, coated in a thick grape molasses mixture and left to dry.
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Pastries & BakingEasy
Turkish Semolina Cake in Milk Syrup (Sütlü Revani)
A cake made with semolina, flour and eggs and raised with baking powder is soaked in a milk syrup that is warmed only until the sugar dissolves and then cooled; it rests in the fridge and is served cold.
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