Baklava, Delicious Food for Typical Turkish Fasting Serving And Recipe How to Make It

Light and sweet foods are often a mainstay when breaking the fast. Similar to the State of Turkey, which makes Baklava as a typical dish for breaking the fast people there.

This dish is a typical Turkish snack consisting of beans wrapped in thin phyllo pastry that is stacked in layers and drenched with sugar or honey. The actual texture is dry, but when it is watered with sugar syrup the texture becomes soft but still crispy.

Because it tastes sweet and is a type of pastry dish, baklava is usually served as a dessert on certain occasions. However, during Ramadan, Baklava is also the main choice when breaking the fast in Turkey.

"Food for breaking the fast in Turkey is baklava. Thin pastry bread with sugar syrup, "explained Chef Hilmi Caliskan, chef from Sheraton Anakara and Lugal, a Luxury Collection Hotel in Ankara, Turkey, in Jakarta.

People always say, be open with sweet things. If you are a little bored with the typical Indonesian takjil and want to taste a new breaking meal, try you taste the baklava!

Baklava is a typical food of ramadan in Turkey. The sweet taste makes this one really suitable for breaking the fast. To be more healthy and safe for the stomach, let's make your own baklava. It's easy, just listen to the following recipe.

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients first

Necessary materials:

115 grams of almonds

115 grams of walnuts

55 grams of dried apricot

A pinch of salt

2 tablespoons of sugar

1/4 teaspoon of cloves

1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder

113 grams of butter, melt and divide into two parts

3 tablespoons of honey

55 grams of bread flour

12 sheets of phyllo dough

If the ingredients are already available, let's take a peek at how to make it.

2. Make the filling material first

First of all you have to make the filling material to fill the phylla dough sheet first. Then, puree almonds, walnuts, apricots, bread flour, sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and add salt to taste using a blender. After it feels smooth, transfer to a bowl and add 2 tablespoons of melted butter and honey. Mix well.

3. Dough preparation for making baklava

Next arrange the phyllo dough sheet to add the filling.

Prepare a square baking pan then spread with melted butter. Cut all pieces of phyllo dough to the size of the pan. Take four pieces of phyllo dough then tidy it on a baking sheet and sprinkle with enough filling. Cover with four more pieces of phyllo dough and add the remaining contents. Finally, cover with the remaining four pieces of the phyllic dough.

Cut the dough that has been prepared earlier as you wish. Flush the remaining butter over the mixture. Then bake the mixture in the oven with a temperature of about 176 degrees Celsius for 20-25 minutes.

4. Serving Baklava

Baklava mixture that has matured will turn golden. So if it's been baked for 20-25 minutes immediately remove it and let it cool for a while. Then arrange one by one baklava that has been cut into a serving plate.

You can also add decorations in the form of cherries or strawberries on the baklava that has been prepared earlier so that it looks more beautiful.

Well, warm baklava is ready to be eaten with family when breaking the fast.

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