A very tasty dish is baklava, a recipe for the preparation of which many peoples appropriate for themselves. The historian Nuri Janly claims that the baklava was first mentioned in the 15th century, and the Assyrians invented this dish. Their sultan was so fond of baklava that he ordered to perpetuate the recipe. According to another version, baklava appeared in Turkey in the 8th century BC. Iranians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis and other peoples also insist on their superiority in inventing sweets.
I must say that the variety of recipes for making dessert is not inferior to its geography. Moreover, differences in recipes are not only among different nations. In neighboring villages, baklava can be cooked in different ways.
By the way, in addition to the Mediterranean countries, baklava is also loved and prepared in Spain, Great Britain, and America. Each nation has some specialties in cooking. For example, the British often add chocolate, and the Americans - maple juice. True connoisseurs will never confuse Turkish baklava with Greek or any other.
So, in this article recipes for the most delicious baklava will be presented. Of course, this is not the easiest dessert to make, but very unusual and tasty. If you do not know how to make baklava, read and delight loved ones with exquisite oriental desserts.
Turkish baklava. Recipe
As you know, Turkey is famous for its sweets. Baklava occupies a particularly important place in their national cuisine, the recipe for which will be presented below.
During cooking, you need these products:
· a glass of milk;
Wheat flour - 500 g;
Egg
· Nuts (walnuts) - 300 g;
Butter - 250 g (put only 50 g in the dough);
· Salt - a pinch;
Cinnamon - ½ tsp;
Powdered sugar - 300 g.
To make syrup, you will need:
A glass of sugar;
· glass of water;
· Honey - a tablespoon.
Sift flour into a bowl to make a slide. We make a deepening in it and add salt, oil melted in advance, warm milk, an egg. Knead the dough so that it comes out steep and elastic. Minimally knead the dough for 7 minutes. After kneading, wrap it in a plastic bag and leave for 30 minutes.
Grind nuts, add cinnamon and powder to them.
Divide the dough into small balls. We take one ball and while working with it, the dough should be covered. The ball should be rolled out as thinly as possible, coated with the remaining oil and sprinkled with nut filling. We turn it into a roll, which we flatten to the center from two ends. The length of the roll will be reduced by 2 times. Fill the edges inside.
Put the baklava on a baking sheet with parchment paper, coat it with yolk, bake for 15 minutes at 200 degrees. Then lower the temperature to 160, coat the rolls with butter and leave in the oven for 50 minutes.
At this time, you can cook sugar syrup by boiling for 15 minutes.
When the baklava is ready, it must be laid out on the dishes, pour the prepared syrup. Having covered it all with a lid or towel, let it brew for six hours.
Armenian baklava, the recipe for cooking, which is presented as follows, is also very tasty and is a very common dish in this country.
Armenian baklava. Recipe.
Products:
· Egg - 3 pcs;
A glass of sugar;
· Chopped walnuts - 1.5-2 cups;
A bag of cinnamon;
A glass of honey;
· Puff pastry - 3 layers.
We bake one layer of dough sprinkled with flour, let cool. At this time, we cut not too finely walnuts.
Beat the whites in the foam, add half a glass of sugar and whisk more. Add nuts to this mass. Put a layer of raw dough on a baking sheet, a layer of whipped protein with nuts and sprinkle with cinnamon. Top with baked dough, a layer of protein and cinnamon. Put the last layer on top.
Using a knife, we make a diamond-shaped pattern. Grease on top with yolk. We put in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. When we pull out, we again go through the cuts. To prepare the pour, mix honey, sugar and a quarter cup of water, bring to a boil, leave to cook for 5 minutes.
Pour the baklava with the resulting hot mixture. Dishes should be infused overnight. It is better not to put it in the refrigerator.
Baklava, the recipe for which is not very simple, just tastes great, so be sure to cook this treat!