Sheki Recipes

Sheki cuisine from the mountainous northwest of Azerbaijan is famous for piti, a slow-cooked lamb and chickpea stew prepared in individual clay pots. The town is equally renowned for Sheki halva, an intricate latticed pastry made with rice flour, hazelnuts, and spices — one of Azerbaijan's most prized confections. The region's forested mountains provide chestnuts, walnuts, and wild herbs that distinguish Sheki's cooking from lowland Azerbaijani cuisine.