The dessert baklava is traditionally made using layers of which type of pastry?

Hey all, it depends on where you are from. There are various spellings of filo, including phyllo, and fillo, so your spellings are probably from somewhere in Europe, but one thing they all have in common is that it originated in Greece and means leaf.

my friend is Albanian & her dad makes it all the time. it's good

My partner Turkish and they eat a lot of this but I find it to sweet

Player #2542921, the Ottomans invaded Byzantium and for about 400 years people from various ethnicities coexisted in the Ottoman Empire . There is no telling who invented what since all the area was a border free zone, a huge melting pot.

Heartland Old Guy, Its also very good

This is very famous Turkish desert. The same is making also in neighboring Bulgaria and Greece.

OfficiousOrthodoxy10, my.mouth started watering when I saw picture. I love this sweet treat!

i love baklava.It is a traditional dish in my country

I agree with you. Filo is a leaf and it is Greek

I was blessed to have grown up with a friend who was Egyptian. Back in the day, when we were allowed to bring treats made at home, her mom always made baklava. I've always loved it and even made some myself one Christmas.

I LOVE BAKLAVA .IT IS VERY SWEET AND STICKY, BUT A DELICIOUS DESSERT. BLESS THE GREEK PEOPLE FOR BRINGING IT HERE.

wonder..., it is the same in my motherland. If you want to make it with ease and lots less wonderful flaky dough; try the filo/phyllo cups. They are elegant and one can eat many before the calories equal that of a small piece of Baklava.

I live in Kuwait, and baklava is real big here. it's delicious!

+ Oblizerator +, it is delicious and very rich and sweet. one piece is enough!

My favourite dessert 😀

But we call it pakhlava. There are different kinds of pakhlava.

one thing is true about greece, what they see they try to claim... feel free to comment as much as you want 😜

YUM! I have Turkish, Greek, & Arabic friends who all make this (& all slightly differently too) but it's yummy whichever way it's made😋 Although, I'm now pre-diabetic so it's off my menu for the rest of my life ☹ (btw: I'm an Aussie)

Elsbeth Mills, you are perhaps talking about Kunafeh , yeah it looks like shredded wheat

BouncyDuck7410, yeah we do it to from along time now

such a good description, now i am hungry.

I knitted one last week

my step-mother Sophie made the best RIP Soph!

Listen everybody.If you want to know the origin of things, you should investigate of the origin of words. "Baklava word is of Turkish origin. [1] In Old Turkish, its pod is referred to as its pod . Baklava word used in the opening of other evidence dough that Turkish rolling pin, in the old language oklag to, oklag of oklâ, oklag in [2] that the use of such is a word that can be origins of this document, due to be passed in the prior written works from the 1500s. Buell (1999), "baklava" name of the Mongolian 'tie, wrap' means baγla- top Turkish verb addition of the word has been mentioned -and brought could be derived only in the Mongolian baγla- de facto Old Turkish 'den is an excerpt." Wiki

One of but a few sweets that I find undesirable.

Heartland Old Guy, 'Fraid not tater tot. Turkey lays claim to the Big B. Turchey says the reason the Greeks have the recipe is because of the Ottoman invading Greece & giving them the "recipe". Turkey still makes their yufka (filo) mostly in their own homes & do not usually buy it.

love it, just can't afford it 😥

LaContessa, I have the recipe for baklava from friends who are honest to goodness Greek. It's spelled phyllo. Filo is the lazy American spelling.

tech savvy, adding a little lemon juice to the syrup can fix that. I add it to my baklava and buttertarts to cut the sweetness.

GWENNIE, Welcome to the rest of the world Gwennie. What's in your freezer is probably the American spelling, which, as we all know is not always the same as the first or original name/spelling.

I had a friend from Greece and she made it using shredded wheat

Hey , you have the wrong recipe .. lol