Recipe: Bosnian Baklava with a Special Chocolate Twist - Eid Mubarek!

Eid Mubarek!

Eid is a special guest in our home and there is no Eid without Bosnian baklava. 

As long as we can remember our mother always stayed long after midnight the night before Eid, making baklava and preparing traditional dishes for the early Eid lunch next morning.

It has been two years since she passed away and Eid is no longer what it used to be. With the time passing Nerma and I are trying to replace her as much as possible. This also includes taking over the Eid preparations.

When it comes to baklava, I think it is safe to say that we have mastered it! 

This Eid I was in charge of making baklava from scratch since Nerma wasn't home. I used the opportunity to add a special twist which Nerma would have probably been against: I added chocolate to the filling! The outcome is delicious - approved by Nerma and everyone else who tried it:)

As for the recipe, although baklava is considered to be serious business, I really don't see what is so difficult about it:

INGREDIENTS:

The filling
- 800 g ground walnuts
- 100 g sugar
- 200 g chocolate crumbles  

For the crust
- 3 packages of baklava crust
- 250 g butter melted together with some oil

Agda (melted sugar mixture for after the baking)
- 1 l water
- 1 kg sugar
- 1 package of vanilla sugar
- 1 sliced lemon 

THE HOW-TO:

- Mix all ingredients for the filling. 

- Cover a big round baking pan (in Bosnian, a "tepsija") with some melted butter mixture applied with a kitchen brush. Then layer the baking pan with three sheets of the baklava crust BUT cover each sheet with the melted butter mixture. Cover the third sheet with the filling mixture and then continue layering three sheets of the baklava crust, always covering every sheet with some butter mixture, all until you have no more filling. The last layer should have four or five sheets of crust.

- Cut the baklava in the traditional shape before putting it in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for between 1.30 to 2 hours (depending on your oven). Cover it with aluminium foil. 

- Half an hour before the baklava is baked, it is time to make the agda. Add all the ingredients for the agda to boil until the sugar is all melted. That's it.

- Put the baked golden brown baklava out of the oven and pour the agda over it. Cover the baklava with a heavy plate and leave to cool over night.


We hope you will give it a try:)



Love,
Emina









Pin It Now!