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Baklava is a dessert made from filled puff pastry that is widespread in the Balkans and the Middle East. For the Turkish recipe of this pastry with honey, walnuts are mainly used as a filling.

Turkish baklava recipe

  1. First, let the puff pastry thaw according to the instructions on the package. Brush a baking sheet with a little butter.
  2. Divide the puff pastry for the Turkish Pastries in 4 parts. Roll out part of the dough on the baking sheet.
  3. Roughly chop the pistachios and walnuts and transfer them to a bowl. Add the breadcrumbs, sugar, cloves and cinnamon and mix all the ingredients together.
  4. Let the butter melt in a saucepan. Brush the rolled out puff pastry on the baking sheet with a little melted butter. Then spread some walnut-pistachio mixture on the dough.
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  5. Now another layer of puff pastry follows, then melted butter and again walnut-pistachio mixture, etc. Put a layer of puff pastry on top of the baklava.
  6. Now bake the Turkish pastries at 190 ° until they are golden yellow.

Preparation of the honey syrup

  1. The proverbial "icing on the cake" of this Turkish pastry consists of one syrup made from honey and spices.
  2. Enter for the preparation of the syrup water, Honey, sugar, cinnamon and cloves in a saucepan.
  3. Bring the ingredients to a boil, stirring, and simmer for 10 minutes until they get a syrupy consistency.
  4. Pour the hot syrup with honey over the still hot Turkish pastries. Now you have to let the Turkish baklava steep with honey for some time (preferably several hours).
  5. Cut the honey-sweet Turkish baklava into small diamonds and enjoy it traditionally with a strong mocha.
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