What kind of honey is best for diples and baklava?!
What kind of honey is best for diples and baklava?
i dont know alot about honey but i do know that there are different kinds i was in this greek festival in bridgeport ct and i ate a diples and the honey on it was realy realy good i cant realy discribe it does anyonw know if the kind is greek or not or if not whats the best kind please be specific
Answers: the Greeks don't use plain honey to top it there are many varieties of making that type of syrup:
FOR THE SYRUP
2 cups water
4 cups sugar
1 small lemon, juice of (or 1/2 an orange, the juice of 1/2 finely grated orange rind, if you are using orange juice)
Prepare the syrup by boiling the water, sugar and juice of your preference in a saucepan over a gentle flame, stirring with a whisk, for about 10 minutes and then allow the syrup to cool.
or this is more authentic
# 2 cups honey
# 1 cup sugar
# 1 cup water
# 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
# 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Bring honey, sugar, water, orange rind, and cinnamon to a boil. Continue boiling over low heat for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and save 1 cup for later use.
the best honey for that is :
Attiki Greek Honey ( this is one of the Greeks best honey brand so it might be expensive to order it look at the link below )
http://www.amazon.com/attiki-greek-honey...
Any Greek honey might work good too for more Greek honey click below the type of honey is according to your taste attiki is better : http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gf/102...
Good luck!! Source(s):
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A syrup of caster sugar, water and rosewater is what most people think is 'special honey' on their baklava.
The recipe I've attached works with honey or cater sugar. It includes 2 T lemon juice. More often though, you would add rosewater. I make a syrup from one part orange blossom honey, one part water and one part sugar, with a little bit of orange blossom water (if available, otherwise I add some orange zest to the syrup and strain it out once it's done), and toss in a few cinnamon sticks. Bring it to a boil, then simmer it for 10-15 minutes. The syrup is wonderful because it is not overly sweet like honey would be on it's own, but it still has some of that great honey flavor. The orange and cinnamon flavors are very subtle.