Çörek

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Çörek

최레크

Turkish teatime bread, generally sweet

About this dish

Tsoureki (Greek: τσουρέκι), also known as bsatir, čʿorek, or katʿnahuncʿ (Armenian: պսադիր, չորեկ, կաթնահունց); çyrek (Albanian); kozunak (Bulgarian: козунак); cozonac (Romanian); paskalya çöreği (Turkish); or šurēk (Hijazi Arabic: شُريك), is a sweet holiday bread made with flour, milk, butter, eggs, and sugar. It is commonly seasoned with lemon and orange zest, mastic resin, or mahleb. Lampropsomo, a variation of tsoureki commonly called "Greek Easter bread", is made by Greeks during Easter in Greece, and the Greek diaspora. It is also called "Armenian Easter bread", and eaten during Easter in Armenia, and the Armenian diaspora.

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