[Sca-cooks] period baklava-like pastry was: Period Greek Recipes

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Apr 7, 2007, at 3:07 AM, Anne-Marie Rousseau wrote:

> But then I'm not greek ;). (nor am I Turkish). That said, I do have  
> my greek
> roomies recipe for baklava and once I find the perfect pan (of  
> course the
> pan is EVERYTHING!) I'm going to give it a shot :)

I have a pan specifically sold for making baklava, from a local  
baking supply company. It's basically a straight-sided, 14- or 15- 
inch round cake pan, maybe 2.5 or 3 inches deep, rolled upper edge.  
Mine is aluminum, but I've seen more traditional ones that were  
nearly identical, but in tinned copper.

I mostly use mine for pizza, and the dread Enormous Apple Pie every  
Thanksgiving.

Adamantius




"S'ils n'ont pas de pain, vous fait-on dire, qu'ils  mangent de la  
brioche!" / "If there's no bread, you have to say, let them eat cake!"
     -- attributed to an unnamed noblewoman by Jean-Jacques Rousseau,  
"Confessions", 1782

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