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Syrup Variations for Baklava

Thread starter auroracoor1
Start date Aug 31, 2023

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auroracoor1

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I have been talking to people who all make their baklava syrup different! I make mine with some honey, sugar, water, and cinnamon. How do you make yours? Here are some variations I bumped into:

Just sugar and water
Sugar, water, and spices like cinnamon and/or cloves
Syrups that have a squeeze of orange
Syrups that have a squeeze of lemon
Syrups that use cinnamon, cloves, allspice etc - all of them, or just one of them

Do the variations depend on the region of Greece it originated? Or does it really just depend on the family?

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