Turkish almond Baklava. Besides tea or coffee, some people love to pair their baklava with Turkish Ice Cream. The best Turkish pistachios are produced in Gaziantep, which is a city in the south east of the country. So it's not surprising that the best baklava is found in this city.
You can cook Turkish almond Baklava using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Turkish almond Baklava
- Prepare 6-7 of layer of filo pastry (homemade).
- You need 1 cup of chopped almonds.
- Prepare 1 tsp of cinnamon powder.
- You need 1/2 cup of butter.
- You need of Honey syrup.
- It’s 1/2 cup of honey.
- It’s 1/2 cup of sugar.
- It’s 1/2 inch of dalchini/ cinnamon stick.
- You need 1 tsp of lemon zest.
Turkish Baklava Turkish Baklava, also known as Fistikli Baklava or Pistachio Baklava is a deliciously rich, buttery, sweet dessert made from phyllo dough, finely ground pistachios, butter, and a syrup made from sugar, water and lemon juice. According to Wikipedia, Turkish delight or lokum is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Different types of baklava and other sweet desserts were available for sale. As were Turkish ice cream and Turkish coffee, the latter being prepared on a hot sand bath that we have never seen before.
Turkish almond Baklava instructions
Take filo sheet and sprinkle almonds and roll it without adding butter. Repeat the same for 5 more layer..
For syrup, add all the ingredients given under syrup and make the syrup in dropping consistency..
Preheat the oven in 350° F or 180°c. Place the prepared baklava in baking try and add melted butter over baklava and bake for about 14mins..
Once the pastry is golden brown, add syurp over the baklava and serve warn. Yummy baklava is ready to eat..
Note: You can buy ready made filo pastry sheets as well. You can also check my filo sheet making recipe which is already there in my page. Soon will post different types of baklava.
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