Turkish Hazelnut Pestil – Bİrsalkım Mulberry Fruit Leather, 500g

Pestil is one of Anatolia's oldest sweets: real fruit, slowly simmered down and dried into a soft, foldable sheet of fruit leather. This Bİrsalkım pestil is made on a mulberry (dut) base — the fruit is cooked down into a thick, naturally sweet paste, then rolled generously around a core of whole hazelnuts and sliced so each piece shows a spiral of dark fruit wrapped around the nuts. This is the hazelnut-forward style — labelled "Bol Fındıklı," meaning rich in hazelnut. Where a plain pestil is mostly fruit, here you get a full, buttery hazelnut bite running through every rolled piece, balanced by the deep, jammy mulberry around it. The texture is chewy and tender rather than hard, with the toasty hazelnut giving it body and crunch. The box carries a Geographical Indication mark (Coğrafi İşaretli Ürün). Mulberry pestil is a protected regional tradition in Türkiye, tied to the town of Gümüşhane, where pestil has been made the same way for generations: fruit, honey, hazelnut and a little flour, cooked in cauldrons and laid out to dry. It's a recipe that long predates modern candy — fruit and nuts turned into something that keeps, travels, and satisfies. How people enjoy it: sliced thin alongside Turkish coffee or black tea, packed as an energy-dense snack for hiking or travel, served on a dessert or cheese board, or simply eaten by the piece. It also makes a distinctive gift for anyone curious about authentic Turkish food beyond the usual baklava and lokum. Allergen note: contains tree nuts (hazelnut). Traditional pestil of this style is also typically made with milk and wheat flour, so it may contain milk and gluten — please check the on-pack label if you have an allergy. Vendor: Bİrsalkım. Net weight: 500 g.