Bakhlava
This is a sweet item from Turkey. Now Turkey is known as Turkiye and President Erdogan is s still President.
The earliest record of Bakhlava was from Persia 13th century and 9th century cook books.
It is a dessert item. This is famous and popular among Arab counties of Leavnt ,Turkiye and Persia.
It is good we can example foods that originated from Assriya.
Recipe:
PREP TIME
2 hrs
COOK TIME
40 mins
TOTAL TIME
2 hrs 40 mins
Ingredients
1 egg
240 ml water
90 ml oil
3 tbsp butter
135 gr yogurt
2 tablespoons vinegar
10 gr baking powder
1 tsp salt
850 gr flour
starch for rolling
For the filling
500 gr pistachios
For the syrup
850 gr sugar
1.5 liter water
A few drops of lemon juice
Instructions
Before getting started with anything else, it is important to first prepare the syrup. Mix water and sugar and bring it to a boil. Let it simmer for 30 minutes. Turn off the heat and add the lemon juice, give it a stir and let it cool.
Add all the ingredients for the dough into a bowl and knead it until everything is incorporated. Let the dough rest for half an hour and separate it into eight equal parts. Dust your surface with starch and roll the dough out as thinly as possible. Let the rolled out dough rest for another 10-15 minutes. Oil a baking tin of your choice and place sheets of the dough into the tin. Add the crushed pistachios and then place another four layers of dough on top. Now cut the baklava into any shape you want. It is essential to do the cutting before baking. Melt the butter and pour it over the baklava.
Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 40 minutes until golden brown. It is important to monitor its progress while baking.
As soon as you remove the baklava from the oven, pour over the syrup and let it soak it in.
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Where To buy Bakhlava in US
New York
Ziyad in New York
Houston
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