Sarma Pestil Rolls - Turkish Fruit Leather with Nut Fillings

Sarma pestil is the rolled form of Turkish pestil: a sheet of dried fruit leather wrapped around a soft nut-paste filling, then sliced into short logs. Pestil itself is one of Anatolia's oldest preserved sweets, traditionally made by cooking down clarified fruit juice (usually grape) with wheat starch into a thin, supple sheet. "Sarma" means "rolled" - so each piece is fruit leather curled around the filling, soft and chewy rather than hard or brittle.

The fruit-leather base carries a gentle grape-molasses sweetness, and the filling is what sets each option apart. The hazelnut version uses Black Sea hazelnuts, the kind Turkey's Giresun region is famous for. You can choose the flavour that suits you:

• Plain (Hazelnut) - 500g - fruit leather rolled around hazelnut paste.
• With Pistachio - 500g - finished with pistachio for a richer, greener note.
• With Coconut - 500g - rolled and dusted with coconut.
• With Kadayif - 500g - wrapped with fine shredded kadayif pastry for extra crunch.
• Sultan Pestil Mix - 1000g - a larger assortment that brings the styles together, ideal for sharing or gifting.

Serve it the Turkish way: a couple of pieces alongside black tea or Turkish coffee. It also travels well in a lunchbox or bag, which is exactly how it has been eaten across Anatolia for generations - a chewy, fruit-and-nut snack rather than a baked pastry.

Allergens (please read): Plain and Pistachio versions contain tree nuts (hazelnut and/or pistachio). The Coconut version contains coconut and tree nuts. The Kadayif version contains wheat (gluten) from the kadayif pastry, plus tree nuts. The pestil fruit-leather base itself is commonly made with grape molasses and wheat starch or flour, so it may contain gluten; the Sultan Mix may contain hazelnut, pistachio, coconut and wheat. If you have a nut or gluten allergy, choose carefully and check the pack on arrival. Delivered to your door.