What is baklava?!
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we here in SaudiArabia eat tons of plates of this for our parties, birthdays, festivals, and holidays..
its a buttery pastry made from the flaky leaves pasty (filo dough), where it turns out paper thin and flakes.. with layers of sweetened chopped nuts, like walnuts, pistachios, or pine nuts with cinnamon inside.. then after baking, they drizzle a sugar syrup... they bake them in huge trays, then cut them up in little single triangular servings.. here is an image below..[
Baklava is a Greek dessert. Its made with phyllo pastry, nuts, honey or syrup. Its very sweet and very delicious. :)
Baklava is a very thin pastrie consisting of sweet almond paste and honey.
Baklava, also known as Baklawa is a rich and sweet pastry common in the former Ottoman countries. It is made of layers of phyllo dough with chopped pistachios or walnuts and sweetened with honey or syrup.
A city in Turkey, Gaziantep, is famous for its baklava and it is widely regarded as the native city of this dessert.
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a sweet pastry
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Baklava about 60 baklava
Prep: 45 minutes
Bake: 45 minutes
Ingredients
4 cups (1 pound) walnuts, finely chopped
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1-1/4 cups butter, melted
1 16-ounce package frozen phyllo dough, thawed
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1/4 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 inches stick cinnamon
Directions
1. For filling, in a large mixing bowl stir together chopped walnuts, 1/2 cup sugar, and the ground cinnamon. Set aside.
2. Brush the bottom of a 15x10x1-inch baking pan with some of the melted butter. Unfold phyllo dough. Keep phyllo covered, removing sheets as you need them. Layer one-fourth of the phyllo sheets in the pan, generously brushing each sheet with melted butter as you layer, and allowing phyllo to extend up the sides of the pan. Sprinkle about 1-1/2 cups of filling on top of the phyllo. Repeat layering the phyllo sheets and filling twice.
3. Layer remaining phyllo sheets atop the third layer of filling, continuing to brush each sheet with butter before adding the next phyllo sheet. Drizzle any remaining butter over the top layers. Trim edges of phyllo to fit the pan. Using a sharp knife, cut through all layers to make 60 diamond-, triangle-, or square-shaped pieces.
4. Bake in a 325 degree F oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until golden. Slightly cool in pan on a wire rack.
5. Meanwhile, for syrup, in a medium saucepan stir together the 1-1/2 cups sugar, the water, honey, lemon peel, lemon juice, and stick cinnamon. Bring mixture to boiling. Reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Remove the stick cinnamon. Pour the syrup over the warm baklava in the pan. Cool completely. Place in an airtight container and store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze up to 1 month. Thaw at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving. Makes about 60 baklava.
Baklava or Baklawa is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman countries. It is a pastry made of layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped walnuts or pistachios, sweetened with syrup or honey.
Gaziantep, a city in Turkey, is famous for its baklava and, in Turkey, is widely regarded as the native city of the dessert.
It is a middle eastern dish (Greeks think they invented it...but so do Turks and Lebanese)
It is very crunchy, sweet, spicy, nutty dessert that is delicious.
You layer phyllo dough pastry leaves with melted butter, then add a big layer of finely chopped nuts, then more phyllo leaves, then you score it, and bake it, then pour a sinful sugar syrup over it that has been simmering with cinnamon, spice, rose water, and orange flower water.
Mmmm Mmmmm.
It's a Greek dessert.
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Baklava is a Turkish dessert not Greek.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baklava