A lady's navel (''hanım göbeği'') or woman's navel (''kadın göbeği'') is a type of sweet
pastry from
Turkey. They are made from balls of
choux pastry which are given a dimple, deep-fried and then soaked in
syrup.
Although the original form of the pastry apparently bore little resemblance to a woman's
navel (belly button) other than the depressed point or dimple in the center, many modern versions, especially ones created in the
United States and
United Kingdom since the 1990s, have been intentionally designed to resemble a woman's belly button. Features included for this visual and sensory effect include placing dark-colored powder, often
cocoa
Cocoa may refer to:
Chocolate
* Chocolate
* ''Theobroma cacao'', the cocoa tree
* Cocoa bean, seed of ''Theobroma cacao''
* Chocolate liquor, or cocoa liquor, pure, liquid chocolate extracted from the cocoa bean, including both cocoa butter and ...
powder, inside the dimple to resemble dirt or gunk inside the belly button, moulding the interior of the dimple itself to somewhat resemble lumps of
umbilical cord tissue, and even inserting either edible or inedible decorations around the dimple to represent
navel piercing jewelry.
The dessert reveals sexual imaginations just like other Turkish desserts such as
Vezir Parmağı
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(visier's fingers),
Dilber Dudağı
Dilber dudağı, (lit. ''lady lips'' or ''sweetheart's lips'' in Turkish), is a Turkish dessert. The ingredients are egg, yogurt, milk, butter, sunflower oil, baking powder, lemon, flour, sugar, water. The dessert reveals sexual imaginations just ...
(lady lips),
Kerhane Tatlısı (brothel dessert),
Sütlü Nuriye
Sütlü Nuriye (Milky Nuriye) is a Turkish dessert similar to baklava, but instead of syrup it contains milk, which gives a whitish look to the dessert. The name means ''Nuriye'' (Turkish female name) with milk. It is considered a speciality of ...
(Milky Nuriye) etc.
See also
*
List of choux pastry dishes
*
List of pastries
*
Navel orange
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References
Turkish pastries
Choux pastry
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