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Baklava

Asia › Turkey
serves 12 1 hr 30 min Hard 10 versions
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Baklava with Pistachios

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

Ingredients

Servings 12 people
  • 1 kilogram fine baklava flour
  • 3 piece egg
  • 10 gram salt · to strengthen the dough
  • 2 water glass (200 ml) water
  • half kilogram cornflour
  • 400 gram butter · or margarine
  • 3 water glass (200 ml) pistachios · ground
  • For the syrup
  • 1 kilogram sugar
  • 5 water glass (200 ml) water
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

How to make it

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  1. Tip the flour into a large bowl and break the eggs into it.
  2. Add the salt and 1 glass of water.
  3. Knead until the dough turns stiff.
  4. Cover it with a clean damp cloth and let it rest for 20 minutes.
    20 min
  5. Divide the rested dough into 12 equal pieces, sprinkle cornflour over them and flatten them with your hand.
  6. Roll the pieces out as thin as you can on a marble surface, sprinkling cornflour all the while.
  7. Grease the tray well.
  8. Lay the sheets in the tray one by one, brushing each with butter melted over a low heat.
  9. Once you have laid down half the pastry, spread the pistachios evenly over the tray.
  10. Lay the remaining sheets over the pistachios the same way.
  11. Press the pastry at the edge of the tray inwards with the back of the knife.
  12. Cut it into whatever shape you like with a knife: diamonds, squares or rectangles.
  13. Pour the melted fat over so that it covers the pieces.
  14. Bake in a moderate oven for about half an hour, until the surface turns orange.
  15. For the syrup, boil the sugar, the water and the lemon juice down to a syrupy consistency.
  16. Add the syrup, piping hot, the moment the baklava comes out of the oven, and leave it to cool.
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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 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 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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