Baklava

As sweet as it gets

One of the most well known desserts of Turkish Cuisine, baklava has a very rich and old history of origin. Basically it is made of filo pastry, pistachio nuts, butter and sugar.

It is widely believed that the Assyrians at around 8th century B.C. were the first people who put together a few layers of thin bread dough, with chopped nuts in between those layers, added some honey and baked it in their primitive wood burning ovens. This earliest known version of baklava was baked only on special occasions.

It has come to the recipe that we know by the 16th century during the ruling of Ottoman Empire. It was one of the favorite dishes of Ottoman Sultans. In fact, historically baklava was considered a food for the rich until mid-19th century.

Because of its sweetness, baklava is not preferred as a part of main meal. It’s usually eaten with coffee as a snack.

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