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dondurma
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thumb|Turkish desserts served with ice cream Dondurma is the Turkish name for ice cream. Outside Turkey, it typically refers specifically to mastic ice cream, which is believed to originate from the city and region of Kahramanmaraş and is known as maraş dondurma in Turkish. This is made from cream, salep (the ground-up tuber of an orchid), mastic (plant resin), and sugar.
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- Food.name
- Dondurma
- Food.image
- Dondurma with kabak.jpg
- Food.caption
- Dondurma topped with walnuts and pumpkin sauce
- Food.country
- Turkey
- Food.region
- Kahramanmaraş
- Food.type
- Ice cream
- Food.main_ingredient
- Cream, whipped cream, salep, mastic, sugar
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thumb|Turkish desserts served with ice cream Dondurma is the Turkish name for ice cream. Outside Turkey, it typically refers specifically to mastic ice cream, which is believed to originate from the city and region of Kahramanmaraş and is known as maraş dondurma in Turkish. This is made from cream, salep (the ground-up tuber of an orchid), mastic (plant resin), and sugar.
==Description== Two qualities distinguish Turkish ice cream: hard texture and resistance to melting, brought about by inclusion of the thickening agents salep, a flour made from the root of the early purple orchid, and mastic, a resin that imparts chewiness.