Pastries

Baklava

بقلاوة

Lebanon

Layers of paper-thin phyllo brushed with butter and filled with chopped walnuts or pistachios, baked crisp then drenched in lemon- or rose-scented sugar syrup. One square, cut diamond-small, is the shared Ottoman dessert of the whole eastern Mediterranean.

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Baklava sticker illustration

Original eatfuls sticker artwork

What it is

A closer look at Baklava.

Layers of paper-thin phyllo brushed with butter and filled with chopped walnuts or pistachios, baked crisp then drenched in lemon- or rose-scented sugar syrup. One square, cut diamond-small, is the shared Ottoman dessert of the whole eastern Mediterranean.

What to look for

Know it when you find it.

Edges dark gold and glassy with syrup, the top layer shatters while the nut layer stays chewy; good baklava is never soggy in the middle. Sold by the tray-weight in baklava shops.

Where it belongs

Origins and
traditions.

Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Baklava.

Native to

Greece

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Native to

Turkey

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Traditional in

Lebanon

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Traditional in

Albania

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Traditional in

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Traditional in

Egypt

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Traditional in

United Arab Emirates

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Traditional in

Uzbekistan

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Traditional in

Bulgaria

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Traditional in

Kosovo

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Traditional in

Montenegro

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Traditional in

Serbia

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Traditional in

Tunisia

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Traditional in

Afghanistan

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Traditional in

Cyprus

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Traditional in

Iraq

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Traditional in

Jordan

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Traditional in

North Macedonia

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Traditional in

Syria

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Names around the table

One food, more than one name.

Baklavaprimary
Baklavalocal · 🇹🇷
Bakllavalocal · 🇦🇱
Baqalvalocal · 🇺🇿
Bosnian Baklavalocal · 🇧🇦
Kosovar Baklavalocal · 🇽🇰
Μπακλαβάςlocal · 🇬🇷
Μπακλαβάςlocal · 🇨🇾
باقلواlocal · 🇦🇫
بقلاوةlocal · 🇦🇪
بقلاوةlocal · 🇱🇧
بقلاوةlocal · 🇯🇴
بقلاوةlocal · 🇮🇶
بقلاوةlocal · 🇸🇾
Baklava (Egyptian)alias
Baklava (Uzbek)alias

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