
Kabak Tatlısı
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Rest Time
8 hrs
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Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
Middle Eastern, Turkish, Vegan

Kabak Tatlısı
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Kabak tatlısı ("pumpkin dessert" in Turkish) is a traditional dessert of Turkish cuisine based on pumpkin and sugar, sprinkled with walnuts.
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Ingredients
- 4 lb pumpkin (weighed once peeled and cut)
- 2½ cups caster sugar
- ⅓ cup water
- 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 cloves
- 8 oz. walnut kernels
- Tahini (optional)
Equipment
- Dutch oven
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Instructions
- Peel, wash and cut the pumpkin into rectangular pieces of about 1x2 inches (3x5 cm).
- Place the pumpkin pieces and cloves in a large non-stick Dutch oven. The Dutch oven must be large because the maximum number of pumpkin pieces must touch the bottom.
- Cover all the pumpkin pieces with the caster sugar.
- Cover and let stand and macerate for 8 hours at room temperature.
- Drizzle the pumpkin pieces with water, cover the pot and cook, without stirring, over low heat for 45 minutes.
- Tilt the Dutch oven in several directions to distribute the sugar and water, if necessary.
- While the pumpkin cooks, roast the walnut kernels and crush them.
- 15 minutes before the end of cooking, add the lemon juice and tilt the Dutch oven to distribute it.
- At the end of cooking, let cool and serve sprinkled with crushed nuts.
- Optionally accompany with a little tahini.
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