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Turkish Pumpkin Dessert (Kabak Tatlısı)

Name: Turkish Pumpkin Dessert (Kabak Tatlısı)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 kg pumpkin or butternut, peeled, in thick slices; 300 g sugar; 100 g walnuts, crushed; Tahini to serve (optional)

Pumpkin slices slow-baked with sugar until candied, served with crushed walnuts and tahini — the Turkish winter dessert that's secretly just two ingredients.

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Ingredients

1 kg pumpkin or butternut, peeled, in thick slices300 g sugar100 g walnuts, crushedTahini to serve (optional)

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1Layer pumpkin and sugar in a wide dish; rest 2 h — sugar draws the water out.

2Bake 160°C/320°F 60 min, basting with the syrup, until translucent and candied.

3Cool completely (it firms up).

4Serve with walnuts and a thread of tahini.