Pure Maraş Salep – 50 g

Salep is made by boiling, drying and grinding the tubers of certain wild orchid species. It is the ingredient that gives Maraş ice cream its stretchy, elastic texture. Most ready-made salep drinks on the market contain starch, milk powder and flavourings, with very little real salep.

Responsible sourcing

Uprooting orchids from the wild without permission is prohibited and these species are protected. We buy our salep, with documentation, from a producer cooperative that carries out controlled harvesting with permission from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. That is also why pure salep is expensive: about 1,000–1,500 tubers are needed for 1 kg of salep.

How to use it

For a glass of hot salep, half a teaspoon (about 1 g) of pure salep and 1–2 teaspoons of sugar to 200 ml of milk is enough. Mix the salep with the sugar first and add it to cold milk; this prevents lumps. Thicken it over a low heat, stirring, and dust with cinnamon.