şekerpare

{{Short description | Turkish dessert}}

{{About||the 1983 Turkish comedy film|Şekerpare (film)|the Sultan Ibrahim's lady-in-waiting known as Şekerpare|Şekerpare Hatun}}

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| country = Turkey

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| course = Dessert

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| main_ingredient = Flour, oil, syrup

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Şekerpare ({{lit|piece of sugar}}) is one of the popular desserts in the Turkish cuisine.{{cite book|title=Complete Book Of Turkish Cooking|date=2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781136166211|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GUDYAQAAQBAJ|access-date=2014-12-13}} Mainly prepared by baking some soft balls of almond based pastry dipped in thick (optionally) lemon-flavored sugar syrup, şekerpare is pronounced "sheh-kehr-PAH-reh" in Turkish.