Pistachio Katmer

Katmer is a sweet eaten in the mornings in Gaziantep: thinly rolled pastry filled with clotted cream, ground pistachio and sugar, folded like an envelope. It cooks in a few minutes on a griddle or in a stone oven and is served hot. In Antep there is also a tradition of sending katmer to the groom's house on the morning of a wedding.

Eaten fresh

Katmer should be eaten within the first 15 minutes after it comes out of the oven; as it cools the cream sets and the pastry hardens. So we do not ship katmer; we bake it only in our shops between 07:00 and 12:00.

Serving

Katmer is cut into four and served with a glass of strong tea or an unsweetened Turkish coffee. One katmer is enough for two people.

Katmer at home

For the curious, we hold katmer-making demonstrations at our shop at weekends; you can book a place on the appointments page.