Dishes you should try in Akdağmadeni: Arabaşı (chicken and butter soup), Madımak Yemeği (madımak dish), Akdağmadeni salebi (Akdağmadeni salep) and Göbelek (kuzu göbeği mantarı) (göbelek (lamb's belly mushroom)). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Akdağmadeni is famous for.
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A traditional soup made with chicken broth, flour and butter. In Akdağmadeni it is also an essential dish at weddings and festival meals.
A dish made by frying madımak, a herb that grows naturally in the region, with onions and oil. It is the traditional flavour of spring. Prepared by local people on special occasions, this dish is a symbol of hospitality.
Salep grown in the Akdağmadeni forests, considered one of the finest salep in the district.
A wild mushroom that grows naturally in spring in the Akdağmadeni forests.
These dishes are known throughout Yozgat province; see the provincial food guide for details.
A soup with a registered geographical indication.
A kebab cooked in a clay pot, with a registered geographical indication.
A kebab with a registered geographical indication.
A bun with a registered geographical indication.
A pastry dish with a registered geographical indication.
Akdağmadeni takes its name from the silver and copper mines operated in the Ottoman period. The mining tradition forms the foundation of the district's historical identity.
Akdağmadeni is known for 4 local dishes, above all Arabaşı (chicken and butter soup), Madımak Yemeği (madımak dish), Akdağmadeni salebi (Akdağmadeni salep) and Göbelek (kuzu göbeği mantarı) (göbelek (lamb's belly mushroom)). A traditional soup made with chicken broth, flour and butter. In Akdağmadeni it is also an essential dish at weddings and festival meals.
Akdağmadeni is known for Arabaşı (chicken and butter soup), Akdağmadeni Salebi (Akdağmadeni salep) and Madencilik Mirası (mining heritage). Its best-known sights include Akdağ (Mount Akdağ) and Kadıpınarı (Kadıpınarı spring).
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Akdağmadeni include Akdağmadeni Salebi (Akdağmadeni salep) and Bal (honey).