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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

Turkey has an excellent set of milk-based desserts that you can't help but ask for more.

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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

Turkey has an excellent set of milk-based desserts that you can't help but ask for more.

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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

Salep ice cream is literally not sold anywhere else in the world, and it's main ingredient – salep – is protected by Turkey and not exported.

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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

Tavuk Göğsü
This dish's name means literally "chicken breast," and it gets its name for good reason. The white chicken meat in the dish is actually not used for flavor at all, and you won't notice them in the least.

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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

Fırın Sütlaç
This is very similar to standard rice pudding.

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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

It's a simple dish of whole milk, sugar, white rice and starch to thicken it. On top is a golden-brown skin and is one of the more common dishes you'll find in homes or in restaurants.

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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

Kazandibi means "bottom of the pan" and that's pretty much exactly what it is.

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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

It's more or less the same custardy dish as Tavuk Göğsü, only it's cooked a second time in a metal tray so that one side of the pudding caramelizes completely.

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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

Muhallebi is another custardy dish that is best served cold on a hot summer day. It is served in different ways, but sometimes mastic is added to it, or chocolate.

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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

Trileçe, also known as tres leches cake, is essentially a butter cake that is then soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream.

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Mouth-watering Turkish milky desserts you should try

It's very light and often topped with a caramel topping of some sort, making it also wonderful for the summer.