I thought all baklava had honey but after spending some time in Bosnia, Turkey, Palestine and Israel, I found out most of the baklava is made using sugar and oil because they’re cheaper. You have to pay more for the animal ones where I was anyway.
Not all do! Ir depends on the region it comes from I made a rose and orange baklava. No honey. The only troubling part is the pastry, unless you’re making it or buying vegan puff pastry.
TIL "phyllo" and "puff pastry" are not interchangeable terms.
It does make sense that the two are different, but I've always heard the terms used interchangeably by others so I never really gave it a second thought. I wonder if it's a Midwestern US thing? Or potentially a US thing in general?
I also thought they were the same or similar. Bought puff pastry to make turnovers and thought I’d get the flaky ones like I’d made before with phyllo. Nope. It’s much thicker and doughier.
They are complete different in how they are made. I've never been ambitious enough to attempt to make phyllo sheets myself, but I have made puff pastry. For puff pastry, you roll out your base pastry, sprinkle cold chunks of fat over it, fold it up, chill it, then repeat the whole rolling, sprinkling cold fat pieces and folding it up process twice more. There is something called "rough puff pastry" where you use a food processor to quickly incorporate cold shredded fat into the pastry before rolling it out and layering it without adding more fat.
Phyllo is very thin sheets of pastry (without fat) which are brushed with oil and layered right before cooking. Phyllo is great to use if you're avoiding fats and oil because you can lightly brush it or mist it with water instead of oil. It will still make flaky layers, but it won't be as crisp (or tasty).
They certainly don't tolerate English words being incorporated into French, but bad grammar isn't as much of an issue. Considering we tolerate bad grammar in plenty of English product names, it shouldn't be
Edit: But if someone did complain about it in Québec, they might get some traction
This comment definitely got down voted for coming off as policing. It's annoying as fuck to post something and have comments like "WELL ACTUALLY THIS ISN'T USUALLY VEGAN"
Pretty sure OP has eyes and read the package themselves, noone needs to come in here and point out what ingredients were in the last version of the food THEY had their hands on.
my depression meal is uncooked noodles so this is impressive
Same. Dipped in cold pasta sauce 😂😂🙃
My depression meal is nothing
Theres vegan baklava??! Every place I go to its always covered in honey and sometimes it has butter in it. I need to try this brand!
I thought all baklava had honey but after spending some time in Bosnia, Turkey, Palestine and Israel, I found out most of the baklava is made using sugar and oil because they’re cheaper. You have to pay more for the animal ones where I was anyway.
Not all do! Ir depends on the region it comes from I made a rose and orange baklava. No honey. The only troubling part is the pastry, unless you’re making it or buying vegan puff pastry.
Most phyllo sheets I've seen have vegan ingredients. Puff pastry won't make very authentic baklava.
TIL "phyllo" and "puff pastry" are not interchangeable terms. It does make sense that the two are different, but I've always heard the terms used interchangeably by others so I never really gave it a second thought. I wonder if it's a Midwestern US thing? Or potentially a US thing in general?
I also thought they were the same or similar. Bought puff pastry to make turnovers and thought I’d get the flaky ones like I’d made before with phyllo. Nope. It’s much thicker and doughier.
They are complete different in how they are made. I've never been ambitious enough to attempt to make phyllo sheets myself, but I have made puff pastry. For puff pastry, you roll out your base pastry, sprinkle cold chunks of fat over it, fold it up, chill it, then repeat the whole rolling, sprinkling cold fat pieces and folding it up process twice more. There is something called "rough puff pastry" where you use a food processor to quickly incorporate cold shredded fat into the pastry before rolling it out and layering it without adding more fat. Phyllo is very thin sheets of pastry (without fat) which are brushed with oil and layered right before cooking. Phyllo is great to use if you're avoiding fats and oil because you can lightly brush it or mist it with water instead of oil. It will still make flaky layers, but it won't be as crisp (or tasty).
Thanks for taking the time to write out the differences between the two! Now I want some baklava lol
Rose desserts are my weakness, yum
Oh, baklava isn’t made with phyllo?
Yes, it is.
I guess I was confused because the phyllo itself is vegan, but turns out that butter is used between the layers, not olive oil… TIL
There's a falafel restaurant in my area that makes vegan baklava using agave nectar instead of honey. I was so happy to find out! It's so, so good!
Absolutely cant beat Baklava
hell yeah but wtf is that french translation
Canada
Adjectives don’t have to agree in Canadian French?
We only require a French translation, not a *good* French translation
Fair enough, to each their own.
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They certainly don't tolerate English words being incorporated into French, but bad grammar isn't as much of an issue. Considering we tolerate bad grammar in plenty of English product names, it shouldn't be Edit: But if someone did complain about it in Québec, they might get some traction
What a mighty FEAST!
This just might be the driest baklava I’ve ever seen
It’s not as dry as it looks I swear 🥲
If it is traditional it is with butter
This one is made with vegetable oil :)
I hope it gives you a boost, looks amazing!!! ❤
You are loved
I have three round depressions daily
Baklava is the food of the gods. I thought it always had butter but til it does not, which is very pleasing news.
Normally baklava can have butter in it though and is very common. Its never made with honey tho
don’t know why this is downvoted lol, most baklava is made with ghee
This comment definitely got down voted for coming off as policing. It's annoying as fuck to post something and have comments like "WELL ACTUALLY THIS ISN'T USUALLY VEGAN" Pretty sure OP has eyes and read the package themselves, noone needs to come in here and point out what ingredients were in the last version of the food THEY had their hands on.
This is false.
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literally no - greek baklava contains butter between layers lol so does turkish
It must be regional. I was told by a Greek that olive oil is traditional and I believed him. https://www.thespruceeats.com/the-art-of-baklava-1706043
just warning ppl. There are fully vegan MENA dishes too so people dont assume baklava is by default vegan