21 minutes ago, shain said:
A very nice way to break fast, but for us it's dessert after another meal, and heavy Passover food as well 😛
The orange color is artificial, I'm afraid.
I've yet to eat the baklava that tastes better than a homemade one, I would love to see your take.
I learned from my mom who took a class with a Jordanian woman locally. Then @ChefCrashintroduced us to his simpler method which does not involve annointing each layer individually. See here (my efforts are in there - my better images must be in some hoiday baking topic) Recently I've started using calamansi instead of lemon in the syrup as a neighbor has 2 trees that bear profusely and it has a nice floral note. https://forums.egullet.org/topic/105592-baklava-baklawa/