Persian Baklava

 

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Persia in Peckham

By Sally Butcher

Published 2007

  • About

Persian baklava is quite different from that of other nations. Every Arab and Balkan country has its own version – the combination of buttery pastry, honey and nuts is a kind of marriage made in Heaven (albeit a three-way one). I had a serious (Lebanese) baklava habit for the first couple of years that the shop was open but fortunately, in the case of sweetmeats you can have too much of a good thing.

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