Pismaniye

Name: Pismaniye
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup unsalted butter; 2 cups granulated sugar; 1 cup water; 1 tsp lemon juice, squeezed; 2 tbsp pistachios, crushed

A traditional confection made of fine, delicate strands of caramelized sugar pulled through toasted butter and flour. It offers a light, cotton-candy texture that dissolves quickly on the tongue.

60 minHardServes 8280 cal/serving

TurkishDessertStovetopVegetarianHalal-friendlyKosher-styleEgg-FreeSoy-FreeShellfish-FreeSesame-FreeLow-SodiumPork-FreeAlcohol-FreeNightshade-FreeCorn-Free

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsalted butter
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup water
1 tsp lemon juice, squeezed
2 tbsp pistachios, crushed

Instructions

1

Melt 1/2 cup unsalted butter in a wide pan over medium heat, then stir in 2 cups all-purpose flour and cook constantly until pale golden, about 15 minutes.
2

Spread the toasted flour mixture evenly onto a large rimmed baking tray to cool completely.
3

In a heavy saucepan, combine 2 cups granulated sugar, 1 cup water, and 1 tsp squeezed lemon juice over medium heat until dissolved.
4

Boil the syrup undisturbed until it reaches 250F on a candy thermometer.
5

Pour the syrup onto a greased marble slab or heatproof tray and let cool briefly until workable, then shape it into a warm ring.
6

Place the sugar ring into the tray of cooled flour, pulling, twisting into figure-eights, and layering repeatedly to pull fine strands.
7

Gently shape the soft sugar threads into small bite-sized mounds and sprinkle with 2 tbsp crushed pistachios.

Questions

Can I make Pismaniye dairy-free?

Yes. The dairy in this entry is 1/2 cup unsalted butter. Swap the butter for olive oil where it melts, or a plant-based block butter where it is creamed. The richness shifts slightly, but the method does not change.

Can I make Pismaniye gluten-free?

Yes. The gluten in this entry is 2 cups all-purpose flour. Swap the flour for a 1-to-1 gluten-free baking blend (where it only thickens a sauce, half as much cornstarch also works). Everything else proceeds as written.

How long does Pismaniye keep?

Keep it covered in the refrigerator and eat it within three days.

Can I halve or double Pismaniye?

Yes. As written it serves 8. Every ingredient in this entry carries precomputed half and double quantities, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. When doubling on the stovetop, use your widest pan or work in two batches so the food sears instead of steaming.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is a plain-text cooking reference of 3,876 recipes, free to read and cook from, with no account and no paywall. In the app, this entry scales itself: half, standard, or double batch, every quantity recomputed inside the step that uses it. No ads, no life stories, no photos of somebody else's dinner.

The entries are curated and public-domain sourced, written to a fixed template and checked against it: tested quantities, one closed vocabulary of methods, and precomputed half and double batches on every line. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser, instantly. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually, and the first 30 days are free.