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Turkish pahlava

How to prepare "Turkish pahlava": flour, egg, milk and salt. Step-by-step recipe with a photo, 12 stages, total time - 1 hour 40 minutes.

Turkish pahlava recipe
PrepNot statedCook100 minServes5LevelMedium
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Before you start

A quick setup makes the method easier to follow and keeps important steps from being missed.

Preparation checklist

  • Read all 10 method steps from beginning to end.
  • Measure and arrange all 14 listed ingredients.
  • Set aside about 100 minutes, based on the time recorded by the source.

Recipe notes & preparation tips

Read the full method before you begin and prepare all ingredients in advance.

Taste near the end of cooking and adjust the seasoning before serving.

Adapted from the source recipe's notes.
Step by step

Method

  1. 01

    Prepare flour, milk, sugar, powdered sugar, salt, ground cinnamon, eggs, butter, walnuts, honey and lemon juice.

  2. 02

    Grind the walnuts, but not into powder, but into a medium-sized crumb and mix with powdered sugar and cinnamon.

  3. 03

    From flour, milk, eggs, salt and butter, mix the elastic dough manually or with kitchen appliances and leave it to rest for 20 minutes.

  4. 04

    Divide the dough into about 20 pieces.

  5. 05

    Each piece of dough roll as thinly as possible, lubricate it with melted butter, lay on 1/2 or 2/3 of the surface of the dough nut filling.

  6. 06

    Wrap the dough with the filling on a stick, squeeze on both sides into an accordion and take out the stick.

  7. 07

    Place the blanks on a lubricated pan or silicone mat, lubricate with a mixture of yolk and 1 tablespoon of water. Bake first for about 10 minutes at 200 degrees. Then lubricate with butter and bake at 160 degrees for about 45-50 minutes.

  8. 08

    Boil from water and sugar syrup, i.e. dissolve the sugar in water, bring to a boil and cook on an average heat for about five minutes. Then add lemon juice and honey, mix.

  9. 09

    Ready hot baklava pour a fragrant sugar syrup and leave to soak for about four hours.

  10. 10

    The Turkish baklava is ready.

Ready to serve

Serve the dish as directed and enjoy it while it is at its best.

Bon appétit — enjoy your meal!
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Source & licence

This recipe was adapted and reformatted from Osiyo.ru / Аймкук . Text: Used with permission. Image: Used with permission, credited to Нина Минина-Р; view original image record .