baklava

[mr. piper]

anyone know where i can get the best recipe for BAKLAVA if you don't know what it is please take note, it is a wonderful nut and syrup pastry from the med, very sweet but very nice. i have found several recipes some use walnuts some pistachios, some sugar some honey. and some use spices. please let me know of a recipe you have tried if poss.    cheers

[brachiopod]

If you seem to have a few recipes, I'd go for the one with honey and pistachios.

Though there's nothing to stop you trying a mixture - walnuts can give that extra bit of body to the taste - so you could try, say, 2-1 pistachios to walnuts.

Similarly, some find that an all-honey recipe is too sweetly-rich. Again, try a mixture of honey and sugar (preferably an unrefined soft brown, or demerara sugar)

Sorry I can't find the specific recipe that I've used, but try adapting what you have found to your tastes.

Good luck !

[mr. piper]

cheers BRACHS