Baklava is the most famous pastry from the Arabic-speaking world and is popular worldwide, as it is in Syria, thanks to the Ottomans. In our family, we always have a box of baklava in the house, ready ...

Get the recipe for Walnut-Pistachio Baklava Nests. An adorable take on the classic Greek dessert, these two-bite pastries consist of coiled puff pastry filled with a mixture of sweet and citrusy ...

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Images of paper-thin sheets of filo dough must float through George Kookootsedes’ dreams. Rivers of honeyed syrup and melted butter, too. Kookootsedes and his team of fellow volunteers are gearing up ...

All kinds of sweets are served at iftar, but Ramadan is unthinkable without baklava — crispy pastry layered with ground nuts and saturated with a sweet, lemon-tinged syrup. Eating baklava during ...

The sultan of sweets or a sugar bomb not worth the risk of diabetes? Which is your favourite filling - and where makes the best version? I have a baklava problem. Many recipes caution that, since the ...

A classic dessert of crushed nuts, thin filo pastry and honey, in this variation I’ve swapped out half the walnuts for pistachios and spiced it up with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves Credit: Rob Palmer 1 ...

Note: You can substitute prepared puff pastry sheets for homemade dough if desired (1 sheet of puff pastry for each 20-layer sheet of homemade dough); bake at 375 degrees and omit brushing the puff ...