Baklava

My 6^th blog,

In the month of January, my brother travelled to Germany for work purpose. That time he brought some sweets, such as Baklava, Chocolates and variety of pastries, etc. The taste was so delicious.

Baklava was too yummy. I liked those thin layers socked in a honey, on top lemon flavoured syrup which made the taste sweet and sour. The filling was made with different kinds of nuts. It was too mouth-watering. I wanted to have more😋but he brought only few portions.😑

I realized, when I was in college that time I also cooked baklava with help of my Bakery professor. And then I got craving for Baklava so, I followed the same recipe.

Guess what!! It was too yummy and delicious.

 

More about Baklava……

Baklava is a sweet dessert made of layers of flaky phyllo pastry filled with crushed nuts and sweetened with honey syrup.

Traditional Turkish baklava, also known as fistikli baklava or pistachio baklava is typically made of phyllo dough, finely crushed pistachios, butter, and a simple syrup made of sugar, water, and lemon juice. But you’ll find many varieties of Baklava whereas made along with layer and filling is different.

 

Regional variety of Baklava:

 1.     Turkey Baklava - Traditionally made by filling between the layers of dough with         pistachios, walnuts or almonds, hazelnuts are commonly used as a filling for Baklava.

2.     Pistachio Baklava – This is famous for Gaziantep (Southeast city of Turkey) the dessert was introduced to Gaziantep in 1871 by Çelebi Güllü.

3.     American Baklava – This is spiced with cinnamon and cloves with 10 layers.

4.     Greek style Baklava – Supposed to be made with 33 dough layers, referring to the years of Jesus Christ's life.

5.     Azerbaijani cuisine – Made with walnuts or almonds, is usually cut in a Rhombus shape and is traditionally served during the spring holiday.

More about Phyllo Pastry....

Phyllo is also known as Filo. It’s a very thin layer sheet it’s used to make layer, folded rolled, or ruffled, with various fillings. As you can get this pastry online but rather buying online you can make it in vary few ingredients.

 So be calm and read further to how to make perfect Baklava. 

INGREDIENTS

Phyllo Pastry 

Refined Flour: 150 grams.

Butter: 50 grams.

Baking powder: 1tsp.

Salt: A pinch. 

Egg: 1 no.

Warm water: 2tbsp.

 

Instead of Egg you can use Milk: 90 ml. 

 

Filling

Walnut: 50 grams.

Pistachios: 50 grams.

Almond: 50 grams.

Butter: 50 grams.

Brown Sugar: 50 grams.

 

Syrup

Honey: 50 grams.

 Lime juice: 2 tbsp.

 

Baking Temperture: 200°C

Baking Time: 20 to 25 minutes

PROCEDURE 

  Step 1: Making Phyllo Sheet

1.        Prepare a soft dough by using Flour, butter and egg / Milk.

2.        Knead for 10 mins until smooth if required add warm water to make it soft.

3.        Rest that dough about an hour.

Step 2: Making Filling

1.        For a mixture, do fine paste walnut, pistachios and almond.

2.        Add that paste into  a melted butter.

Step 3: Layer Making

1.        Make sugar syrup by using brown sugar and water.

2.        Knead that dough to make soft and divide them into 5 portion.

3.        Roll each portion of dough to make thin layer. Further keep one layer in baking tray       and brush up with butter.         

4.        On that thin layer add small quantity of sugar syrup and filling, spread by help of             spoon.

5.        Add another layer on top of that  and do same procedure like we did on first.

6.        After making 5 layer seal the edges, prick with fork on top layer.

7.        Bake as specified until golden brown.

Step 4: Serving

1.        Make syrup for using Honey and Lime juice.

2.        Brush up a syrup with top of the Baklava.

3.        Garnish with paste of Pistachios.

 

 Finally Baklava is ready to serve !! 

 

 

I hope now you can also make Baklava !😊😇

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