HÖŞMERİM
Today, we will introduce you a Turkish
dessert called Höşmerim which is famous in Balıkesir. The reason why we want to
introduce you this dessert is that it has a deep-rooted history in Turkish
cuisine. Also, it is much lighter than a lot of high-calorie dessert. It can be
offered to other countries as a different and delicious choice of taste. If you
pass by Balıkesir, you can taste it. One kilo of Höşmerim costs approximately
15 Turkish liras.
HISTORY OF HÖŞMERİM
Höşmerim is
a yellowish dessert which is prepared with a different method in the county
Havran of Balıkesir for over five hundred years. Evliya Çelebi tells that this
dessert was first made by the first Turkish migrants coming from Middle Asia,
and it was transmitted to Havran people from them in his “Seyahatname”.
Höşmerim is also known as “Cheese Dessert” in many cities. The name of this
dessert has an interesting story which occurred during the Ottoman age. In the
Ottoman families, wives used to call their husbands “Er” or “Erim”. A woman living those days cannot
find anything to cook for her husband because of poverty when he comes back
from army. Therefore, she makes up a dessert including cheese, semolina (irmik)
and sugar which they produce on their own. She offers this dessert which she
prepares first time to her husband. She hesitantly asks whether he likes it or
not by saying “Hoş mu erim?”. This sentence undergoes a change in time and
becomes “Höşmerim”.
INGREDIENTS
1 water
glass of semolina
50 grams of
butter
1,5 water
glass of sugar
1 water
glass of milk
1 water
glass of water
0,5 water
glass of grated salt-free cheese
Almond in
order to garnish
RECIPE
Firstly,
melt the butter in a pot. Then, add the semolina and roast it until it acquires
a yellowish color. In another pot, boil the mixture of milk, sugar and water.
Pour this sherbet on the semolina which has become golden yellow. Add the
grated cheese in the dessert. Cook it until cheese melts totally. Then take the
pot off the burner and put it in a platter properly. After that, serve Höşmerim
by embellishing with almonds. Bon appetite ! J (You can also find different
recipes on the Internet.)
ÖZGE ÇOMAK
ELİF AKSOY
ELİF AKSOY
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