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Ayvalık curd cheese dessert

Serves 45Official

Ingredients

Grams are the real measure. Glasses and spoons are approximate and vary by ingredient. 1 Turkish glass is 200 ml.

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Cross-section

  1. Water48%
  2. Lor cheese24%
  3. Sugar24%
  4. Wheat flour 5%

Ingredients by weight, heaviest at the bottom.

Method

  1. Work the curd cheese into a paste. Add the flour and mix by hand.

  2. Add water equal to half the weight of the mixture and knead into a soft dough.

  3. Pipe the dough with a cloth bag onto a tray, about 2 cm thick and 10-12 cm across. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 °C for 40 minutes and let it cool to room temperature.

    40 min

  4. Boil the sugar with the remaining water in a pot to make the syrup. Add the cooled pastries and simmer for 10 minutes, then leave them in the syrup for 1 hour.

    10 min

  5. Lift out with a skimmer and serve.

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Last changed: November 1, 2026

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