Shekerbura
Sign in to saveShekerbura or shekarbura () is an Azerbaijani sweet pastry, usually eaten as a dessert. It is made in a half-moon shape, filled with ground almonds, hazelnuts, or walnuts, and sugar. Shekerbura, shorgoghal, and pakhlava are the traditional foods of Novruz in Azerbaijan.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Shekerbura
- Food.image
- Şəkərbura Novruz şirniyyatı.jpg
- Food.type
- Pastry
- Food.place_of_origin
- Azerbaijan
- Food.associated_cuisine
- Azerbaijani
- Food.creator
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- Food.serving_size
- 100 g
- Food.no_recipes
- false
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- food
- Has part
- hazelnut
- Country of origin
- Azerbaijan
- Image
- Şəkərbura Novruz şirniyyatı.jpg
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- Commons category
- Şəkərbura
- location of creation
- Caucasus
- cuisine
- Azerbaijani cuisine
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Shekerbura or shekarbura () is an Azerbaijani sweet pastry, usually eaten as a dessert. It is made in a half-moon shape, filled with ground almonds, hazelnuts, or walnuts, and sugar. Shekerbura, shorgoghal, and pakhlava are the traditional foods of Novruz in Azerbaijan.
The making of shekerbura usually involves relatives, friends and neighbors who congregate at someone's home to make it. Like other pastries prepared for Novruz, shekerbura has a symbolic meaning which denotes the half-moon or flame of fire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shekerbura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.