Kalburabastı

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Kalburabastı is a typical Turkish dessert consisting of small pastries drenched in a sweet syrup made with water, sugar, and lemon juice. It is especially popular during the Şeker Bayramı holiday. The pastry is usually made with butter, flour, semolina, walnuts, oil, and baking soda. This dessert is characterized by its riddled visual appearance shown as little markings on top where the dough has been pressed against a sieve. The name kalburabastı is derived from the Turkish words kalbur , meaning sieve , and bas , which means to press . Serve kalburabastı with a cup of Turkish tea or coffee. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is a similar variation known as hurme or hurmašice .