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Baklava Recipe Variations

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dpappas87

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I love baklava, but I make it the same way every time - the way my family taught me with walnuts, sugar, cinnamon, and a syrup made with sugar, honey, cinnamon, and water. I want to try some different variations. Here's a list of what I might try, and please let me know if I missed anything:

- Chocolate baklava (there's a few different ways I can do this - any advice appreciate)
- Using citrus in the syrup - like lemon or orange
- Trying different nuts, like almonds or pistachios
- Putting orange flower water or rose water in the syrup

Did I miss anythingI should try?
 
I would be interested in how to make chocolate baklava!
 
I love your ideas, and I think you have pretty much covered everything. A mixture of different nuts together is a good one, or actually no nuts at all. maybe the addition of clove in the syrup. In the recipe in our cookbook Cooking Greek we add cognac to our syrup.
 
I made a nice one from Canadian Living magazine. It was chocolate and dried cherries.
 
ankoulou said:
I would be interested in how to make chocolate baklava!
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I make chocolate baklava by melting chocolate with the butter that I spread between the layers, and also sprinkle a few chocolate chips over each nut layer. I also tend to use a little less syrup than normal so the chocolate flavors can pull forward. If I decide to make my own phyllo, I actually add cocoa powder to the dough, as well.
 
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