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Baklava

Name: Baklava
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: 10 Phyllo dough sheets; 100g Walnuts; 80g Butter, melted; 150g Sugar; 150ml Water; 1 tsp Lemon juice; 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

Layers of paper-thin pastry and nuts, soaked in sweet syrup — a rich dessert born from Ottoman royal kitchens.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Developed as a court dessert of the Ottoman Empire, baklava layers paper-thin phyllo pastry with pistachios or walnuts, baked, and then soaked in hot syrup. It's a lavish treat brought out for holidays and when guests visit.

🌆 Where it's eaten: Bayram, the feast marking the end of Ramadan: baklava caps off a table full of relatives, small pieces savored slowly alongside tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Phyllo dough sheets 10
Walnuts 100g
Butter, melted 80g
Sugar 150g
Water 150ml
Lemon juice 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Brush a baking dish with melted butter and layer in several sheets of phyllo, brushing butter between each.
Spread the chopped walnuts and cinnamon evenly over the layers.
Add the remaining phyllo sheets on top, brushing with butter as you go.
Score into diamond shapes and bake at 350°F (180°C) for 30 minutes.
Simmer water, sugar, and lemon juice into a syrup.
Pour the cold syrup over the hot baklava right out of the oven and let it soak in.

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