Baklava

Perhaps the most famous of the Turkish sweets, baklava is surprisingly difficult to make well. It is possible to cheat by using ready-prepared filo pastry but, if you have the patience, it is worth while attempting to make the real thing. Once mastered, it opens doors to a variety of other delectable sticky pastries: balkabağı baklavası, sheets of pastry layered with sliced pumpkin and soaked in syrup; dürüm, a roll of paper-thin pastry filled with chopped pistachios; <