baklava
IPA: bˈækɫˈɑvʌ
noun
- A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s]
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Examples of "baklava" in Sentences
- His article on baklava is well reasoned.
- Assyrian baklava can be traced way back.
- Baklava maybe or maybe not, I'm not sure.
- This pastry resembles the baklava and burek.
- The history of baklava is not well documented.
- This is the EARLIEST known version of baklava.
- Thus the origin of Baklava is clearly disputed.
- Baklava is made either with pistachio or walnut.
- It was challenging, although our baklava was a big hit.
- I think there misunderstanding of the origin of baklava.
- The history of Baklava changed with the history of the land.
- Yes, the food was delicious, and yes, the baklava was a hit.
- In the Middle East, the term baklava can be used as a catch-all for syrup-soaked desserts.
- The baklava was a positive note on which to end the meal, however how does one make a bad baklava?
- She probably wouldn't have been as terrified if they had been wearing baklava, which is how I originally read that sentence.
- Some of the food there overlaps the Greek food that I grew up with, in particular dolmades, which are stuffed grape leaves, and baklava, which is a sweet dessert.
- Save plenty of room for Arabic pastries called batlawa (the Greeks call it baklava) from Shatila in Dearborn, as much a bakery as a local gathering spot for families.
- The baklava is cut in generous portions and other Turkish specialties like kounafa (like cheesecake with a chewy exterior) or havlah (sort of like an almond or walnut fudge) are delicious and often free to sample.
- It’s true that dishes that struck me as most intensely authentic during my time there were authentic versions of someone else’s food — the baklava from the Druse villages near Haifa, or the Yemenite stews at the restaurant near my bus stop in Jerusalem.
- MCINTYRE: The charge sheet for Senior Airman Ahmad al-Halabi lists dozens of security breaches, everything from downloading classified information to his laptop computer from a secure system, to gathering over 180 electronic version of written notes from prisoners, to delivering unauthorized food, namely baklava pastries.