Dishes you should try in Nevşehir: Nevşehir Testi Kebabı (pottery-jug kebab), Kaymaklı Çöreği (Kaymaklı bun) and Nevşehir Tahinli Simidi (Nevşehir tahini simit). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Nevşehir is famous for.
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A kebab with a registered geographical indication, cooked in a clay jug that is broken open at the table.
A bun with a registered geographical indication.
A simit with a registered geographical indication.
Nevşehir mantısı is prepared by boiling small hand-rolled dough pieces filled with minced meat. Served with a garlic yoghurt and butter-chilli sauce.
A thick soup made from chicken broth, flour and butter, the traditional winter dish of Nevşehir.
Kebab cooked in clay jugs made in Avanos itself, combining the aroma of lamb and vegetables in the porous structure of the jug.
Prepared by boiling small hand-rolled dough pieces filled with minced meat. Served with a yoghurt and butter sauce. Prepared by local people on special occasions, this dish is a symbol of hospitality.
Prepared by baking locally grown pumpkin and serving it with tahini and walnuts.
One of the traditional foods made from grapes in Avanos district and its villages.
Lamb and vegetables baked in a clay pot. Served in Derinkuyu's traditional restaurants.
A thick soup made from chicken broth and flour, served with butter and red pepper. A traditional winter dish.
Strings of walnuts dried after being dipped in grape molasses, known as sucuk, are a traditional winter sweet in Derinkuyu.
Dried beans grown in the district and famous for their flavour. They are a product that attracts attention every year on the District Governorship website.
Small pieces of hand-rolled dough filled with minced meat and boiled. Served with a sauce of yoghurt and butter. Made with fresh, natural ingredients, it is a healthy option.
Prepared by baking lamb and vegetables in a clay pot. It is a traditional flavour of Cappadocia.
Made by baking squash in the oven and serving it with tahini and walnuts.
Prepared by stuffing small pieces of hand-rolled dough with minced meat and boiling them. Served with garlic yoghurt and a butter sauce.
A thick soup made with chicken broth and flour, the traditional flavour of Hacıbektaş's winter tables.
Prepared with wheat, chickpeas, dried beans, dried fruit and walnuts, aşure is traditionally cooked in Hacıbektaş, especially during the month of Muharram, and distributed to neighbours.
It appears in Hacıbektaş Municipality's 'Our local dishes' list.
Small pieces of hand-rolled dough filled with minced meat and boiled. Served with a yoghurt and butter sauce. The recipe is passed down through generations and varies slightly in each family.
A thick soup made from chicken broth and flour, a traditional winter flavour.
A soup made from tarhana, prepared by drying yoghurt, tomato and wheat flour, and an essential part of Kozaklı's winter tables.
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia, on the list since 1985.
Commemorations held at Hacıbektaş every August.
Cappadocia mornings, when hundreds of balloons take off at sunrise.
Wheel-thrown pottery passed down from generation to generation in Avanos.
Nevşehir is known for 3 local dishes, above all Nevşehir Testi Kebabı (pottery-jug kebab), Kaymaklı Çöreği (Kaymaklı bun) and Nevşehir Tahinli Simidi (Nevşehir tahini simit). A kebab with a registered geographical indication, cooked in a clay jug that is broken open at the table.
Nevşehir is known for Nevşehir Testi Kebabı (pottery-jug kebab), Avanos Çömleği (Avanos pottery) and UNESCO World Heritage Cappadocia. Its best-known sights include Göreme Open-Air Museum and Uçhisar Castle.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Nevşehir include Avanos Çömleği (Avanos pottery), Kaymaklı Kuru Kaymağı (Kaymaklı dried clotted cream), Nevşehir Kabak Çekirdeği (Nevşehir pumpkin seeds) and Nevşehir Parmak Üzümü (Nevşehir finger grapes).