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Baklava

Asia › Turkey
serves 12 1 hr 45 min Hard 10 versions
Meat-free Vegetarian For Guests Iftar Holiday Table Baked
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Classic Baklava

One of 10 versions of Baklava · the most complete write-up. The table below shows how their ingredients differ.

Ingredients

Servings 12 people
  • 3 piece egg
  • 4 tablespoon yoghurt
  • 1 tea glass (100 ml) olive oil
  • half piece juice of the lemon
  • half tea glass (100 ml) water
  • 5 water glass (200 ml) flour
  • For the filling
  • 2 water glass (200 ml) walnuts · crushed
  • For rolling out
  • 1 water glass (200 ml) cornflour
  • To pour over the top
  • 250 gram margarine
  • For the syrup
  • 4 water glass (200 ml) sugar
  • 3.5 water glass (200 ml) water
  • a quarter piece lemon

How to make it

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  1. Make the syrup first: boil the sugar, the water and the quarter lemon, then leave it to stand.
  2. Mix the yoghurt, the olive oil, the lemon juice and the water in a bowl.
  3. Break in the eggs and add the flour a little at a time until you have a dough as soft as pogaca dough.
  4. Make 20 balls from the dough, cover them with a damp cloth and let them rest for 20 minutes.
    20 min
  5. Roll the first 10 balls out one by one on a lightly floured surface, to the size of a serving plate.
  6. Stack them, sprinkling cornflour between them.
  7. Roll the 10 balls out together with the rolling pin until they are paper thin.
  8. Lay the first 4 sheets in a well-greased tray, scattering crushed walnuts after every 4 sheets.
  9. Roll the remaining 10 balls out the same way and lay them in the tray, scattering walnuts between them.
  10. Heat the margarine until it is really hot.
  11. Cut the pastry in the tray into diamonds.
  12. Drizzle the smoking hot margarine over the top.
  13. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees until the top is golden.
  14. Take the baklava out of the oven and leave it a while to cool to lukewarm.
  15. Pour the lukewarm syrup over it, wait for it to soak in and serve.
Tips

The margarine must never be lukewarm; unless it is poured over smoking hot, the baklava soaks the fat up.

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Baklava versions

They are all the same dish; the table below lists only the ingredients that set them apart. Ingredients common to every version (flour, salt, oil) are left out — they make no difference.

Classic base Cevizli Loku Chocolate Deve Tabanı Dry With apple With chestnut With dates With pistachios With walnuts
Ingredient Classic Cevizli Loku Chocolate Deve Tabanı Dry With apple With chestnut With dates With pistachios With walnuts
flour ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — ✓ ✓
cornflour ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — ✓ ✓
egg ✓ — ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓
walnuts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — ✓ — ✓
butter — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — ✓ —
lemon juice ✓ — ✓ ✓ — — — — ✓ ✓
salt — — — — ✓ ✓ — — ✓ ✓
oil — ✓ ✓ — — — — — — ✓
lemon ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — —
margarine ✓ — ✓ — — — — — — —
olive oil ✓ — — ✓ — — — — — —
pistachios — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ —
puff pastry — — — — — — ✓ ✓ — —
yoghurt ✓ — ✓ — — — — — — —
apple — — — — — ✓ — — — —
chocolate — — ✓ — — — — — — —
cinnamon — — — — — ✓ — — — —
cocoa — — ✓ — — — — — — —
dates — — — — — — — ✓ — —
ground pistachios — — — — — — ✓ — — —
marron glace — — — — — — ✓ — — —
milk — — — — — ✓ — — — —
pistachios — — — — — ✓ — — — —
sultanas — ✓ — — — — — — — —
vinegar — — ✓ — — — — — — —
yeast — ✓ — — — — — — — —

Cevizli Loku

serves 8 1 hr 20 min

A rolled baklava made from a yeasted dough, with no syrup. The filling is walnuts, raisins and sugar.

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Chocolate

serves 12 1 hr 40 min

A baklava with cocoa worked into both the dough and the cornflour, filled with walnuts and chocolate chips.

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Deve Tabanı

serves 12 1 hr 30 min

Individual baklava rolled from an olive oil dough, filled with walnuts in the middle and gathered up. Soaked in syrup as it comes out of the oven.

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Dry

serves 12 1 hr 35 min

Pistachio baklava baked with the excess fat drained off, which gives it a drier texture.

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With apple

serves 10 1 hr 55 min

A baklava in which grated apple and cinnamon take the place of the walnuts.

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With chestnut

serves 8 45 min

A quick baklava with a marron glace wrapped inside puff pastry. The syrup goes on cold.

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With dates

serves 8 45 min

A quick baklava made with ready-made puff pastry, without rolling out any sheets. The filling is dates and walnuts.

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With pistachios

serves 12 1 hr 30 min

Pistachio baklava of 12 sheets rolled from fine baklava flour. The syrup goes on piping hot the moment it leaves the oven.

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With walnuts

serves 12 1 hr 40 min

The classic walnut baklava, with the sheets rolled out at home. The syrup goes on lukewarm and the tray is covered so that it soaks in.

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