Kabak tatlısı (Turkish for "pumpkin dessert"), is a pumpkin dessert in Turkish cuisine.[1]It is made by cooking peeled and cut pumpkin in a syrup made out of water, cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla and bay leaves, essentially candying it. Milk can also be used. The dish is topped with chopped walnuts, tahini or kaymak.[2] It is a winter-time seasonal dessert.[3][unreliable source?] The texture has been described as resembling taffy.[4]
| Course | Dessert |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Turkey |
| Main ingredients | Pumpkin |
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edit- ↑ Pumpkin dessert with chopped walnute A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
- ↑ "Candied Pumpkin (Rachal)". Buttery Salted Caramel.
- ↑ Pumpkin Dessert with Chopped Walnuts: Kabak Tatlısı 6 February 2014 A Seasonal Cook in Turkey
- ↑ Turkish Delight, From the Editor May 2014 Afar page 18