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Kemalpaşa Tatlısı (Syruped Cheese Pastries)
Bursa's beloved dessert: soft cheese pastries baked golden, soaked in lemon syrup and crowned with crushed walnuts.
40
Prep Time
35
Cook Time
8
Servings
Ingredients
Instructions
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1Make the syrup first: boil the sugar, water and lemon slice for 10 minutes, cool completely.
2Knead the cheese, flour, semolina, butter, eggs, baking powder and salt into a soft dough. Rest 20 minutes.
3Shape into small oval pastries and place them spaced on a lined tray.
4Bake at 180°C for 30-35 minutes until golden.
5Soak the warm pastries in the cool syrup for 10 minutes, then finish with crushed walnuts.
Chef's Tip
- Hot pastry into cold syrup is the rule: reversed, the syrup dissolves the crust.
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- Salty fresh cheese is intentional — the contrast with the syrup is the dessert.
- Do not over-bake: the pastries should stay pale gold; darkening makes them tough in syrup.
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