Name: Cream-Filled Apricots (Kaymaklı kayısı)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon orange-blossom water; zest of 1 lemon, grated; 4 tablespoons kaymak, or clotted cream; 8 fl oz/250 ml soaking water; 8 oz/225 g dried apricots, soaked in water for at least 6 hours; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 6 oz/175 g sugar; a few blanched almonds, pistachios or walnuts, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon blanched almonds, finely chopped (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Turkish Cooking

By Ghillie Basan

Published 1995

About

A popular sweet fix or a delicious finale to any meal, here dried apricots are simply soaked in water, poached in syrup, filled with kaymak and chilled. Trays of these gleaming fruit enticingly decorate Turkish sweet shops in winter and early spring.

Ingredients

8 oz/225 g dried apricots, soaked in water for at least 6 hours

Method

Drain the apricots well and reserve 8 fl oz/250 ml of the apricot water. For the syrup, put the sugar and apricot water in a pan and bring to the boil, stirring all the time. Reduce th