Dishes you should try in Kiraz: Kiraz Pidesi (thin-crust flatbread), Keşkek (wheat and meat dish), Kestane (chestnuts) and Üzüm Pekmezi and Sirke (grape molasses and vinegar). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Kiraz is famous for.
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Kiraz pide, with its thin dough, is baked in a stone oven in minced meat and cheese varieties.
Keşkek, made by cooking and pounding wheat and meat for a long time, is an indispensable dish at weddings in Kiraz.
Chestnuts from the chestnut forests at the foot of Bozdağ are used in confectionery and as a local delicacy.
Table and wine grape varieties are grown in Kiraz, and grape molasses and vinegar are produced.
These dishes are known throughout Izmir province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A breakfast pastry with an oily dough, inherited from Sephardic cuisine, with a registered geographical indication.
A sandwich made with sucuk, cheese and tomato, with a registered geographical indication.
Izmir's version of the simit; it has a registered geographical indication.
A syrupy dessert with a registered geographical indication.
A syrupy semolina dessert with a registered geographical indication.
Meatballs with a registered geographical indication.
Kiraz is one of the districts in the interior of the Aegean that keeps plateau culture alive. The tradition of moving to the plateaus in summer continues.
Kiraz is known for 4 local dishes, above all Kiraz Pidesi (thin-crust flatbread), Keşkek (wheat and meat dish), Kestane (chestnuts) and Üzüm Pekmezi and Sirke (grape molasses and vinegar). Kiraz pide, with its thin dough, is baked in a stone oven in minced meat and cheese varieties.
Kiraz is known for Kiraz Pidesi (thin-crust flatbread), Kemalpaşa Kirazı (Kemalpaşa cherries) and Plateau Culture. Its best-known sights include Kiraz Plateau and Kiraz Historic Bazaar.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Kiraz include Kemalpaşa Kirazı (Kemalpaşa cherries), Kiraz Tobacco (Kiraz tütünü) and Kiraz Honey (Kiraz balı).