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Baklava

Asia › Turkey
serves 8 45 min Easy 10 versions
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Baklava with Dates

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

Ingredients

Servings 8 people
  • 5 piece puff pastry
  • 250 gram dates
  • 100 gram walnuts
  • 1 piece egg yolk
  • For the syrup
  • 2 water glass (200 ml) caster sugar
  • 1.5 water glass (200 ml) water

How to make it

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  1. Divide the sheets of puff pastry into 4 equal squares.
  2. Stone the dates and grind them with the walnuts in a food processor.
  3. Put a teaspoon of the date filling on each piece of puff pastry and fold it closed like a parcel.
  4. Brush egg yolk over the top and bake at 180 degrees until golden.
  5. Boil the caster sugar with the water to make a syrup and let it cool.
  6. Pour it over the pastries as they come out of the oven and serve once they have cooled.
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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 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 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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