Comments | jahboh: What is Jia Cooking? Pt 6.

jahboh

What is Jia Cooking? Pt 6.

Jun 04, 2009 17:16

Baklava (w/ Hints of Pistachio, Rosewater, and Cardamom)
~ A flavorful cross between candy and pastry. Can it get better than this?

Adapted from Cooks Illustrated.
Servings: ~30. Difficulty: Medium. Impressiveness: High. Time: ~1.5 hr prep, 1.5 hr cook, wait overnight before eating (gotta have a lot of patience with this one).

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Comments 7

lady_ryuki June 5 2009, 13:15:31 UTC

Cardamon + Rosewater are two of the flavor ingredients for making Lassies, so I totally believe that they would be a delicious combination in the even more delicious baklava. And adding my favorite nut? Genius.

dragon_paws June 5 2009, 22:51:30 UTC

Lassies? I have never heard of these.... ?

jahboh June 6 2009, 02:02:12 UTC

They are like a yogurt drink in Indian cuisine. Very yummy indeed. :) I like mango lassi the best but I've never tried cardamom rosewater! Interesting!

lady_ryuki June 6 2009, 03:34:47 UTC

The Indian drink?

dragon_paws June 5 2009, 22:50:48 UTC

Wow, that looks amazing!

songofthejays June 6 2009, 05:58:37 UTC

nifty! that totally looks like fun.

so i'm curious about why they get better after 4 days...

jahboh June 6 2009, 15:50:07 UTC

So, you pour the syrup in at the end so it doesn't taste as good until the syrup is all soaked up into the pastry.

For me, Day 1-3 the syrup was still kind of runny and not soaked up as well but on day 4 it (dried up more?) was really nicely incorporated between the nuts and dough.