About this dish
A flaky, syrup-soaked pastry made from thin layers of dough and a nut filling.
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Ingredients
🌾2 cups flour
🌰2 cups walnuts and almonds, chopped
🍯1.5 cups sugar syrup
🌼Pinch of saffron
Method
Serves 31
Make a very thin dough and roll into many delicate sheets.2
Layer the sheets with chopped nuts in a baking pan.3
Bake until golden and crisp.4
Pour a saffron-infused sugar syrup over the hot pastry.5
Let soak and cool before cutting into diamond shapes.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Şəki halva is a specialty of the city of Şəki in Azerbaijan, distinguished by its many delicate layers and vibrant saffron coloring.
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