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Baklava

Asia › Turkey
serves 10 1 hr 55 min Hard 10 versions
Meat-free Vegetarian For Guests Iftar Holiday Table Baked
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Baklava with Apple

One of 10 versions of Baklava. The table below shows how their ingredients differ.

Ingredients

Servings 10 people
  • 300 gram flour
  • 200 gram cornflour
  • 300 gram butter
  • 1 piece egg
  • 1 water glass (200 ml) milk
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 piece apple
  • 1 dessert spoon cinnamon
  • 1 dessert spoon pistachios · ground
  • For the syrup
  • 1 litre water
  • 1 kilogram sugar
  • half piece lemon

How to make it

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  1. Sift the flour onto a marble surface and open a well in the middle.
  2. Put the salt, the egg and the milk into it, knead, and let it rest for 30 minutes.
    30 min
  3. Knead the rested dough well, divide it into 6 round pieces and rest it for another 30 minutes.
    30 min
  4. Roll them out paper thin, sprinkling cornflour.
  5. Lay half the sheets in a tray you have greased beforehand.
  6. Grate the apples, squeeze out their juice and spread them over the sheets.
  7. Sprinkle cinnamon over the top.
  8. Lay the remaining sheets over them and cut into diamonds.
  9. Pour the melted butter over the top.
  10. Bake in a moderate oven for 45 minutes.
    45 min
  11. For the syrup, boil the water, the sugar and the lemon together.
  12. Drain the fat from the baklava as it comes out of the oven and pour the syrup over it hot.
  13. Once it has cooled, decorate with pistachios and serve.
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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 — ✓ — — — — — — — —

Classic

serves 12 1 hr 45 min

Home baklava rolled from a dough made with yoghurt and olive oil. Lukewarm syrup over hot baklava.

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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 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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