Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, turkish almond baklava. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Save Time and Do Groceries Online Now. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders! Place a sheet of filo on bottom of tin, and brush with melted butter. The poster child of Mediterranean sweets, baklava has Turkish origins and made its way to Tunisia with the Ottomans.

Turkish almond Baklava is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Turkish almond Baklava is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have turkish almond baklava using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Turkish almond Baklava:

1. Prepare 6-7 layer of filo pastry (homemade)
2. Make ready 1 cup chopped almonds
3. Take 1 tsp cinnamon powder
4. Make ready 1/2 cup butter
5. Get Honey syrup
6. Make ready 1/2 cup honey
7. Prepare 1/2 cup sugar
8. Take 1/2 inch dalchini/ cinnamon stick
9. Prepare 1 tsp lemon zest

Hazelnuts are also used as a filling in the Black Sea region, for the baklava and for its cousin the sutlu nuriye that uses milk instead of sugar syrup. The clotted cream called kaymak or ice cream are often used to top the baklava before serving. This is a fusion of Greek and Turkish baklava because I love the honey floral sweetness of Greek baklava but I hate the taste of cooked walnuts and I love pistachios like in the Turkish version. I add almonds for two reasons, I love almonds and to make it less expensive.

Instructions to make Turkish almond Baklava:

1. Take filo sheet and sprinkle almonds and roll it without adding butter. Repeat the same for 5 more layer.
2. For syrup, add all the ingredients given under syrup and make the syrup in dropping consistency.
3. 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.
4. Once the pastry is golden brown, add syurp over the baklava and serve warn. Yummy baklava is ready to eat.
5. 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

This is a fusion of Greek and Turkish baklava because I love the honey floral sweetness of Greek baklava but I hate the taste of cooked walnuts and I love pistachios like in the Turkish version. I add almonds for two reasons, I love almonds and to make it less expensive. Let’s face it, pistachios are crazy expensive.  I use a mixture of pistachios and almonds but you can use any nut. An interesting point to note is that Lauzinaq is actually the Arabic word for almond. Güllaç - A Turkish dessert that is considered by some to be the producer of baklava, güllaç is made from layers of filo dough soaked in milk and sugar.

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