Baklava with Mascarpone Bavarian and Cherry Sauce

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Preparation info
  • 12

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef

By Bo Friberg

Published 2003

  • About

Baklava is a phyllo-dough pastry most commonly associated with Greece, although baklava is actually a Turkish word, and the confection is popular throughout the eastern part of the Mediterranean and the Near East. Any combination of nuts may be used, but traditionally, nuts indigenous to the Middle East, such as walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, or pistachios, are included. My version of baklava is paired with a mascarpone Bavarian and cherry sauce. Orange sauce or any other slightly acid