Baklava
Baklava with Chestnut
One of 10 versions of Baklava. The table below shows how their ingredients differ.
Ingredients
- half kilogram puff pastry
- 30 piece marron glace
- 2 tablespoon ground pistachios
- For the syrup
- 2.5 water glass (200 ml) caster sugar
- 1.5 water glass (200 ml) water
How to make it
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Boil the caster sugar and the water together to make a syrup and let it cool.
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Thin the puff pastry with a rolling pin, roll it out a little and cut it into squares.
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Wrap one marron glace in each square and arrange them in a tray.
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Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees until golden.
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Pour the cold syrup over them.
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Decorate with ground 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.
| 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
Home baklava rolled from a dough made with yoghurt and olive oil. Lukewarm syrup over hot baklava.
Open this versionCevizli Loku
A rolled baklava made from a yeasted dough, with no syrup. The filling is walnuts, raisins and sugar.
Open this versionChocolate
A baklava with cocoa worked into both the dough and the cornflour, filled with walnuts and chocolate chips.
Open this versionDeve Tabanı
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.
Open this versionDry
Pistachio baklava baked with the excess fat drained off, which gives it a drier texture.
Open this versionWith apple
A baklava in which grated apple and cinnamon take the place of the walnuts.
Open this versionWith dates
A quick baklava made with ready-made puff pastry, without rolling out any sheets. The filling is dates and walnuts.
Open this versionWith pistachios
Pistachio baklava of 12 sheets rolled from fine baklava flour. The syrup goes on piping hot the moment it leaves the oven.
Open this versionWith walnuts
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.
Open this version