Turkey's dondurma is a stretchy, almost melt-proof ice cream made with an orchid-based flour called salep.

The key ingredient comes from an orchid brought to the brink of extinction by overharvesting and now protected under international law.

TasteAtlas named dondurma the world's best frozen dessert in 2025, yet it is not well known outside Turkey.

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