Everyone knows Baklava is a delicious dessert, but there are some interesting things one might not know about it.

1. Baklava is the ancestor to the strudel. Baklava is originally from Turkey, Greece, and the Middle East, but it was brought to Hungary by Turkish invaders during the 16th century. Hungary revised it and made it part of their culture as the strudel.

2. Baklava varies from culture to culture. Baklava you get in a Greek restaurant might be different than that in a Turkish restaurant because every culture adds different things to it. Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Serbia, baklava is made with walnuts and sugar syrup, but in Armenia, it is made with cinnamon and cloves. Israeli baklava has it all. It is usually made with phyllo pastry sheets with pistachios, walnuts, hazelnuts, and almonds, as well as sweet butter, sugar, syrup, cloves, cinnamon, and syrup combined with orange and lemon rind. Jordan and Lebanon both have simpler versions of baklava. Lebanon’s baklava consists of filo pastry filled with nuts and steeped in Attar syrup, which is either orange or rose water, or it is steeped in honey. In Jordan, however, it is made with layers of dough with nuts like pistachios and sugar, honey, or syrup.

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3. There is a National Baklava Day November 17th is the perfect excuse to make and eat some of your favorite baklava because it is National Baklava Day. To celebrate, people either go out to their favorite restaurant for some of their favorite dessert, or the more daring people try making their own. Either way, it is always a good excuse to eat more baklava.

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Come by at Pars Market for the best selection of Middle Eastern Sweets, Baklava, Persian desserts, and much more at reasonable prices! We look forward seeing you at Pars!

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