baklava

Also known as pakhlava

Baklava (, or ) is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with either syrup or honey.

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Baklava is a layered pastry dessert made from thin sheets of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey. It is a popular dessert across many cultures in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions.

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Food.name: Baklava
Food.image: Baklava(1).png
Food.image_size: 250px
Food.caption: Pistachio baklava from Gaziantep, Turkey
Food.course: Dessert
Food.served: Cold, room temperature or re-warmed
Food.main_ingredient: Filo pastry, nuts, syrup
Food.variations: Multiple

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Commons category: Baklava
native label: μπακλαβάς

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Etymology
History
Placenta cake theory
Lauzinaj
Preparation
Regional variations
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Balkans
Uzbek and Tatar
Greece
Iran
Algeria
The Levant
Armenia
Other
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Baklava (, or ) is a layered pastry dessert made of filo pastry, filled with chopped nuts, and sweetened with either syrup or honey.

The word baklava is of Turkic origin. Although the dessert's ultimate origin is disputed, many modern accounts relate it to the layered pastry traditions of Turkic Central Asia and hold that baklava in something close to its modern form was developed in the Ottoman cuisine. It continues to be a common dessert among cuisines of countries in West Asia, Southeast Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa. It is also enjoyed in South Asia, where, although not a traditional sweet, it has become popular over the years.