What is the easiest recipe to make Baklawa ?

Turkish cuisine is characterized by diversity , the richness of its recipes and dishes , but it is not appreciated enough among the countries of the European world .

Through the ages , Europe has experienced a series of changes , migrations of Turks and cultures between neighboring countries ( like Balkans , Iran , the Middle East and Greece ) , which inevitably affected the formation of cooking Turkish .

We can not talk about Turkey without talking about its cakes in many countries , which are known to be accompanied bye the or Turkish coffee as a snack , and among the most Turkish famous cakes , we find Baklawa , which is the main subject of today’s article .

The origin of this delicious baklawa cake is due to the ancient Ottoman and Persian empires , and this dessert is found in Arab and Asian cuisines , Middle Eastern cuisines , Shami , Maghreb, Turk , Sud-Asian, Qaqazi and the Balkan empires , which is a traditional dessert consisting of filo paste and as a filling , nuts, almonds or pistachios and drizzled with honey can allbe used .

Some are likely to name this magnificent dessert in the name of the wife of the Sultan of the Empire Ottoman , because she was the one who created it .

One day , her husband asked her to bring him a delicious dessert that he had never tasted until now then , she mixed the ingredients and put them in some kind of dough and after the end of cooking , she watered it using melted honey , and after tasting it the sultan admired his unique taste and decided to name the dessert on his wife\’s name as a kind of thank you for gratitude , appreciation and respect .

There are many types of baklawa where we find : Baklawa with pistachios , Sarbian baklawa , which is made from phyllo paste , nuts and honey . Turkich Baklawa , it has a rectangular gratin shape and made from phyllo paste , almonds or crushed dried fruits and syrup based on sugar / honey and lemon . Thelatter is considered the most famous .

Baklawa is an oriental pastry with almonds and syrup as already mentioned above . This cake contains a lot of carbohydrates , a lot of protein and a lot of fat per 100 grams . The macronutrients it contains can help provide energy to cells , build and maintain muscle and bone tissue , as well as compose and maintain them . It contains a very powerful nutritional value .

First of all , the ingredients :

250 g of nuts .
10 sheets of filo .
150 g of almonds.
100 g of sugar
125 g of untreated pistachios .
200 grams of honey.
150 g of butter .
1 teaspoon of cinnamon .
4 teaspoons of orange blossom water .

Preparation :

1- In the food processor , mix the nuts and almonds until you get a mixture of small pieces .

2- In a bowl , add to the nuts soft sugar and half the amount of orange blossom water , that is , 2 tablespoons and only 100 grams of melted butter .

3- Melt the remaining butter .

4- Preheat the oven to 200 °C .

5- In the dish that will be inserted into the oven , lay out half the amount of filo sheets to take the form of the dish with butter spread with a brush .

6- Then pour the mixture that has already been prepared. After that ,put on top the rest of the leaves of the greased filo with melted butter then sprinkle cinnamon .

7- Place in the oven for 20 minutes until the surface becomes brownish .

8- With a sharp knife , cut your baklawa into pieces of a small shape . All morals must be the same size .

9- Heat some honey and add 2 tablespoons of orange blossom water.

10-Finally , water the baklawa with honey while it is hot and let it cool .

And here your cake is ready .

How to prepare filo dough?

If you want to prepare the filo dough instead of buying it at the store , here is the recipe to follow and it will not take much time .

Yufka , Malsuka , Diol and Feuillet , are all names that means filo paste , a thin and fine paste , used in the preparation of baklawa .

Here are the ingredients you will need a:

350 g of flour .
50 grams of maize or corn starch .
110 g of butter .
A little bit of salt .
Almost a half – cup of water .
An average half cup of orange blossom water .

How to prepare it :

1-In a bowl , put the flour , corn starch , butter , salt , water and flower blossom water and mix and let stand for 20 minutes .

2- Cut the dough into small equal pieces .

3- Lay each piece individually using a little bit of flour .

4- Place layers of dough with starch between each dough and the stuffing .

5- Cover it well until it is used .

And that\’s it , your dough is ready , you can use it now.

Baklawa is very popular here in Morocco . It is a delicious sweet cake .

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