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Sekerpare
Preparation info
- Serves
16
- Difficulty
Easy
- Ready in
1 hr 10
Appears in
Published 2013
This very traditional Turkish sweetmeat might well have been the kind of thing my grandparents would have nibbled together at the start of their romance, when they were falling in love in Constantinople.
Ingredients
Method
To make the syrup, put the sugar, lemon juice and 500ml/17fl oz/2 cups water in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Boil for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened and syrupy, then remove from the heat and leave to cool.
Meanwhile, combine the butter and icing sugar in a mixing bowl, add the egg yolks and mix well with your hands. Add the semolina, then mix in the flour and ba