Sütlü Nuriye
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Sütlü Nuriye is a Turkish dessert
. The name means "Nuriye with milk", Nuriye being a Turkish female name. Some suggest that this is the name of the cook who invented the dessert in the 1980s. It is of baklava
type, but the syrup contains milk, which gives a whitish baklava look to the dessert. In the times of great horror and supply-shortages inflicted by the Coup d'etat in 1980, a baklava producer used milk instead of sorbet, and hazelnuts instead of pistachios and came up with a new desert. It is highly perishable but easy to eat especially in hot weather...
Turkish cuisine
Turkish cuisine is largely the heritage of Ottoman cuisine, which can be described as a fusion and refinement of Central Asian, Middle Eastern and Balkan cuisines. Turkish cuisine has in turn influenced those and other neighbouring cuisines, including that of western Europe...
. The name means "Nuriye with milk", Nuriye being a Turkish female name. Some suggest that this is the name of the cook who invented the dessert in the 1980s. It is of baklava
Baklava
Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey. It is characteristic of the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and much of central and southwest Asia....
type, but the syrup contains milk, which gives a whitish baklava look to the dessert. In the times of great horror and supply-shortages inflicted by the Coup d'etat in 1980, a baklava producer used milk instead of sorbet, and hazelnuts instead of pistachios and came up with a new desert. It is highly perishable but easy to eat especially in hot weather...
Ingredients
- flattened doughDoughDough is a paste made out of any cereals or leguminous crops by mixing flour with a small amount of water and/or other liquid. This process is a precursor to making a wide variety of foodstuffs, particularly breads and bread-based items , flatbreads, noodles, pastry, and similar items)...
- 300 g crushed hazelnuts/walnuts
- 550 g melted butterButterButter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying...
(lukewarm) - For the syrup: 1200 g sugarSugarSugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
, 700 g waterWaterWater is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
, juice of half lemonLemonThe lemon is both a small evergreen tree native to Asia, and the tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit. The fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world – primarily for its juice, though the pulp and rind are also used, mainly in cooking and baking...
, 500 g milkMilkMilk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...