Hi can anyone help.  I am looking for a recipe that has filo pastry with nuts in it I think it is called baklava.  All the ones I have found at the moment have a little turkish in them and finding it difficult to translate it.  I want to make a cake or sweet for my husband and this is the only one I know.  If you have anymore I would be greatfull as I want to try and cook something and thought that cakes would be the easiest thing to start with.

Thanks Cheryl

I don´t have the recipe but what I can say is that it is one of the most difficult sweets to make!

Thanks so I picked the hardest one to do then. 

Try here:

Turkish cookbook

It might not be so difficult if you find really thin filo pastry. I don´t know if they are sold. Usually women make the pastry themselves and it must be really thin and that´s difficult.

This is a good site with a lot ot recipes from Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cooking. The cool part is that there are videos of the recipes in the making, so it makes it easier if you´ve never made it before.

Here´s one for baklava.

Afiyet olsun!

Thanks everyone I think I will give it a go as you can buy filo pastry already made ....lol I will let you guys all know what happens.

teþekkürler

I just want to say a huge thanks to all on here.  I made Baklava and give it to my in-laws to try and they said for a first time it was good.  Just needed a little less sugar and a little less nunts and it would be great.... Thanks all again for your help

I think I will try something a little bit easier this time.

Thanks

I bet they were just trying to be polite..

(And  your mother in law is gossiping about you to her neighbours as we speak   )  

Dont listen to  TheH ! He is just trying to make you feel bad.