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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

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.