If baklava were shaped like a bagel, what would it taste like?

Question

what is baklava anyway?

Answer 1

It is a popular rich, sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East, South Asia, and the Balkans, which are made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry, sweetened with sugar or honey syrup.

And it would still taste like baklava regardless of it's shape.

Ingredients you will need:

1. 1 lb Walnuts - Finely Chopped
2. 1/2 C. Sugar
3. 2 tsp Cinnamon
4. 1.5 C. Butter (3 sticks), Melted
5. 1 Package Frozen Phyllo Dough (16 oz) Thawed
6. 1 C. Sugar
7. 1 C. Water
8. 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
9. 1 C. Honey (Net weight 12 oz.)
10. 1/2 tsp Vanilla

The steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
2. Combine and set aside walnuts, 1/2 cup sugar, and cinnamon
3. Using a pastry brush, lightly brush the bottom and sides of a Jelly Roll Pan (15.5" x 10.5" x 1") with melted butter.
4. Open the phyllo dough and layer 6 whole leafs (or 12 half leafs) in the pan, buttering each layer as you go. (The edges will extend over the side.)
5. Spread 1 cup of the walnut mixture.
6. Cut the remaining phyllo dough in half.
7. Layer 8 half sheets -- butter each layer. Each sheet will be an inch or so short, so stagger the sheets from corner to corner to cover the whole pan. I use a pattern so I don't forget how many layers I've put down, but it's even easier if you have a friend help!
8. Spread 1 cup of the walnut mixture.
9. Repeat 8 sheets and walnut mixture twice. You will end up with 4 layers of nuts.
10. Layer the remaining half sheets on top -- butter each layer.
11. Brush the top with the remaining butter.
12. Trim the edges off.
13. Cut halfway through the layers. Cut diagonal from side to side, then cut straight across the pan. (Note: Do NOT cut from corner to corner.) This is done now since it will be very fragile after it's been baked.
14. Bake 1 hour or until golden brown.
15. 15 minutes before the baklava should be done, mix 1 cup sugar, water, and lemon juice in a sauce pan.
16. Cook sauce over a medium heat, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes.
17. Remove from heat, add the honey and vanilla, and stir until well blended.
18. Remove the baklava from the oven and finish cutting through the layers.
19. Pour the sauce over the hot baklava.
20. Cool. Let it sit for at least 24 hours (lightly covered -- but not in the refrigerator) -- longer if you can stand it!

A nice way to serve individual pieces is to put each one into a muffin cup that has been partially flattened.

Answer 2

like baklava-it is baklava no matter what shape you put it in.

Baklava is a Greek pastry. It is made with Phyllo dough, nuts, butter and honey with some spices thrown in. It is a lot of work to make, and oh so worth it.

Answer 3

Like bagle shaped baklava

Answer 4

it would still taste like baklava...
yummy.
it is a greek (pastry) desert...
a 'Byzantine favorite'

Answer 5

baklava
Thin like dough that has honey and nuts on it and some other stuff. Don't know the recipe. It's good.

Answer 6

A Beagle.

Answer 7

it's a pastry, and it would taste the same.