Cooking baklava Sochi, Baku

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Today we will cook Sochi baklava with nuts according to the recipe with the photo below. The traditional delicacy in the East was probably tried by many, but they did not try to cook. We fix the situation. Surprise your family and loved ones - cook them baklava.

A few words about baklava

Many people who have ever been to the Krasnodar Territory, the Caucasus or Turkey have tried such a sweet honey dessert as baklava. To date, there are many modifications of baklava: original recipes for Armenian baklava, Sochi, Baku, and Greek.

What is baklava? In short, this is a multi-layered pastry, the filling of which is chopped nuts, while the layers are saturated with honey or sugar syrup. You can use yeast or butter dough, it's not so important. The main thing is to correctly roll out and collect numerous layers.

Let's consider several options for making baklava, but let's take a closer look at the Sochi version of the recipe.

Sochi recipe: ingredients

According to the recipe for Sochi baklava,you need to prepare the following products:

• butter - 200 g;
• baking powder - 10 g;
• wheat flour - 600g;
• sour cream - 300 g;
• chicken egg (yolk) - 2 pcs

These products are required to prepare the dough. But for the filling of Sochi baklava, the following items are needed:

• chicken egg (whites) - 5 pcs;
• walnuts - 300 g;
• cinnamon (powder) - 10g;
• granulated sugar - 250g

To decorate the surface of baklava, take:

• walnuts - 1 pc. for a cake;
• chicken egg (yolk) - 3 pcs;
• honey - 200g

Sochi baklava recipe

Many, having seen such an impressive list, may think that only professional chefs can cope with the preparation of baklava, however, at home, housewives can easily prepare this oriental sweetness, it is only important to follow the instructions clearly.

First of all, you need to chop the walnuts with a knife. It is in this case that their aroma and special taste will be preserved.

Put egg whites into a deep bowl, add sugar and beat with a mixer. Once you get a stable foam, add cinnamon powder and chopped walnuts.

Pour the flour, butter and baking powder onto a large cutting board. We mix everything, add the creamy-yolk mixture to the resulting mass (in a separate container, mix the yolks andsour cream). Thoroughly knead the dough. Then we divide it into 3 equal parts. We roll one part into a pancake. We cover a baking sheet with parchment paper, generously grease it with vegetable oil. Putting the resulting pancake on paper, leave it in a preheated oven (up to 200 degrees) for 15 minutes.

While the first cake is being prepared, roll out the second one, also spread it on a sheet of parchment richly oiled. We shift half of the nut-protein mass into a separate container and spread it on the cake, smoothing it with a spatula. On top we place the already baked cake, and on top of it we apply the rest of the protein mass.

The third part of the dough is also rolled into a thin pancake. We place it on top of the already prepared two. It is important to slightly press the resulting design. This recipe for Sochi baklava implies an intermediate stage, when there are three layers in baking - the middle one is baked, and the bottom and top remain raw.

One of the most important stages of cooking is to carefully cut the dessert into diamonds (beginners can divide the layers into squares, it's easier). Place a walnut in the center of each piece, pressing lightly. Lubricate the entire surface of the dough with plenty of yolks whipped in a blender. Now you can send Sochi baklava to bake in the oven. The temperature regime of the oven is 180-200 degrees. Bake time: 30 minutes.

After this time, we take out the Sochi baklava from the oven and pour abundantly with liquid honey. Important! Honey must be preheated, but it does not need to be brought to a boil. Oncethe dessert will cool down, it can be served.

Cooking Baku baklava: ingredients

To prepare the dough, prepare the following products:

• milk - 250 ml;
• butter - 100 g;
• sugar - 1 tbsp. l.;
• wheat flour - 1 kg;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• dry yeast - 1 tsp

For the filling, prepare the following items:

• walnuts (crushed) - 1 kg;
• vanillin - 1 tsp;
• granulated sugar (fine) - 1 kg;
• muscat - 1 tsp;
• cardamom - 4 tsp

For pouring you need to take: 400 g of butter and 2 cups of liquid honey. In addition, you will need to take 2 chicken yolks, as well as 1 tsp. saffron.

Cooking Baku baklava: a step by step recipe

Mix all the indicated products for dough preparation in a deep container. Knead the dough thoroughly and leave in a warm place for 30-40 minutes. Can be covered with a towel.

At this time, chop the nuts with a knife. We mix them with cardamom, granulated sugar, nutmeg and vanilla. When the specified time has passed, take out the dough and divide it into 2 parts. We divide the first half into 12 parts: 2 large and 10 small. Roll out into a large ball and place in a baking dish. Press lightly with a spatula and spread part of the filling over the entire surface. After we roll out a small ball into a very thin layer and lay it on top of the filling. Brush lightly with filling between each layer. So roll out all the small balls. The second large ball is rolled out in exactly the same way andclamp all layers.

Cut the resulting "cake" into small rhombuses, holding the dough with your fingers on both sides of the knife so that the dough does not rise up. You need to cut to the very bottom! Place a nut in the center of each diamond. Lubricate the top layer liberally with a mixture of yolk and saffron. We send it to the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 15 minutes. After the top of the baklava, pour 200 g of butter (pre-melt). Put it back in the oven for 25 minutes. Then we take out and fill the baklava with honey. And again in the oven for 5 minutes. That's it - baklava is ready!

How to check the quality of baklava

1. When you press the baklava rhombus, oil and syrup should come out of the layers above and below.
2. Layers of baklava should be almost invisible, which is why it is important to roll dough pancakes almost to zero.

We hope you will be able to cook Sochi baklava according to the recipe (photo of the goodies above), and you will definitely try to cook Baku baklava.