Nevşehir Grape Molasses Pudding (Aside)
Thicken this Nevşehir-style grape molasses pudding with toasted flour, divide it among four small bowls and serve warm with walnuts. Adapting the Nevşehir recipe for home cooking The Culture Portal’s Nevşehir entry toasts flour in butter, cooks it with a grape molasses mixture and serves the dessert warm with walnuts. This four-serving home adaptation uses gram measures and the entry’s option of sweetening with pekmez alone. Allow 5 minutes to prepare, about 13 on the stove and about 5 to cool before serving. What if the pudding is lumpy? Take the pan off the heat and whisk as you add the diluted molasses. If lumps remain after cooking, pass the pudding through a fine sieve before adding the walnuts. Browse our traditional desserts for more ideas. Nevşehir aside entry on the Turkish Culture Portal The nutrition estimate excludes minerals in the drinking water.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Step-by-Step Method
Dilute the pekmez
Whisk 400 g room-temperature water with 110 g grape molasses in a jug until smooth. Roughly chop 20 g walnuts and set aside.
Toast the flour
Melt 25 g unsalted butter over medium-low heat in a small heavy-bottomed saucepan. Add 36 g flour and stir constantly for about 3 minutes, until pale golden and toasty-smelling.
Thicken the pudding
Take the pan off the heat. Slowly pour in the diluted molasses while whisking. Return to medium heat and stir constantly for about 5–6 minutes, until the first gentle bubbles appear. Lower the heat and stir for another 3–4 minutes. Remove from the heat when the mixture coats the back of a spoon and falls from it in a thick ribbon.
Fill the bowls
Divide among 4 small bowls and scatter all 20 g of walnuts over them. Let the pudding cool for about 5 minutes, until warm, then serve.
Chef's Tips & Tricks
The Culture Portal’s Nevşehir entry toasts flour in butter, cooks it with a grape molasses mixture and serves the dessert warm with walnuts. This four-serving home adaptation uses gram measures and the entry’s option of sweetening with pekmez alone. Allow 5 minutes to prepare, about 13 on the stove and about 5 to cool before serving.