Bitter almond cookies (Acıbadem kurabiyesi)

Name: Bitter almond cookies (Acıbadem kurabiyesi)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 100 g free-range egg whites; 200 g sugar; 180 g ground almonds; 1 pinch sea salt; ½ tsp lemon juice; 10 pc unsalted almonds

Crisp on the outside and chewy within Turkish bitter-almond cookies made from a cooked egg-white and sugar base, piped into rounds and baked until set.

30 min 1021 kcal/serving serves 2

1021kcal30gprotein116gcarbs48gfat

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🥚free-range egg whites

🍬sugar

🥜ground almonds

🧂sea salt

🍋lemon juice

🥜unsalted almonds

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About Ozlem Warren

Turkish food writer and cooking teacher specialising in home-style Turkish cuisine

Ozlem Warren is a Turkish-born food writer and cooking teacher known for her website and cookbook Ozlem's Turkish Table. Originally from Antakya, she has spent years documenting and teaching the home cooking of Turkey to audiences abroad, drawing on family recipes and regional traditions.

Her cooking centres on classic Turkish home dishes such as mezze, stuffed vegetables, pilafs, and slow-cooked stews, built on olive oil, yogurt, tomatoes, and fresh herbs like parsley, mint, and dill. She favours traditional techniques and regional variations over shortcuts, and often explains the cultural background of a dish alongside the recipe itself.

23 recipes on Mello, imported from ozlemsturkishtable.com, mostly Turkish and Turkish cuisine.