11 Baklava VARIETIES Ranked

Vişneli baklava

Delightful Turkish dessert: sour cherry baklava with refreshing filling and lemon syrup, often enjoyed with kaymak cream.

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Ružice

Ružice: Bosnian baklava with yufka, walnuts, butter, and raisins, shaped like roses.

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Sütlü nuriye

Lighter baklava with hazelnut filling and milky syrup - sütlü nuriye, origin uncertain but created in the 1980s.

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Güllaç

Güllaç: Popular Turkish dessert during Ramadan with thin, rosewater-soaked pastry and healthy nut fillings.

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Kestaneli baklava

Chestnut baklavas from Bursa are a beloved national treat, made with candied chestnuts wrapped in phyllo pastry.

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Bülbül yuvası

Bülbül yuvası: Turkish sweet with phyllo rings filled with pistachios, baked, and topped with syrup.

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Ballourieh

Ballourieh baklava has a pistachio filling sandwiched between shredded kataifi dough, lightly baked to maintain its white color.

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Burma kadayıf

Pistachio-filled kadayıf baklava: dough twisted, baked, soaked in lemon syrup, garnished with ground pistachios.

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Şöbiyet

Authentic Turkish baklava stuffed with creamy kaymak and nuts, wrapped in buttery phyllo triangles.

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Fıstıklı sarma

A Turkish sweet with smooth, green pistachio butter filling made from early-harvested Gaziantep pistachios.

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Gaziantep baklavası

Gaziantep: Türkiye's food capital with exquisite pistachios and Antep baklavası - a culinary legacy from Ottoman pastry chefs.

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