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Baklava with Raffi Perdedjian

The Mid North coast of NSW, with white sands, pristine beaches and lakes, is one of the best places in the world to live and work.

The people on the coast embrace the lifestyle and especially the fresh food.

This series talks to the locals, the people who live and love the coast and the food they enjoy to cook and share with friends.

In this episode we talk to Raffi Perdedjian, originally Armenian, now a true local, who is passionate about the fresh food and local lifestyle.

His recipe is Baklava, a rich sweet pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts and sweetened and held together with syrup, perfect for summer entertaining with friends.

Ingredients:

1 packet filo pastry
40 grams sugar
200 grams cashew
2 tbsp rose water
2 tbsp orange blossom water
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
2 tsp lemon juice
300 ml oil or butter
4 tbsp tahini
handfull pistachio

Method:
Filling
• Put cashews in a blender and 2 tbsp sugar
• Crush cashews to coarse size
• Take the coarse cashew out of the blender mixer
• Add 1 tbsp rose water and lemon blossom water

How to put together
• Cover the filo pastry with a tea towel
• Brush baking tray with tahini
• Brush 20 filo sheets with oil or butter
• Cover with the cashew filling
• Brush 20 filo sheets with oil or butter to cover the cashew
• And then cut pastry in rectangle or lozenge shape
• Put in an oven 180 degrees and cook until golden and separated
• While hot pour syrup on Baklava
• Decorate with fine grated pistachio

Syrup
• Put 2 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water in saucepan
• Bring to heat over high heat. Let it simmers for 5 minutes on reduced heat
• Add lemon juice 2 minutes simmer
• Add rose water and lemon blossom water

9 comments to “Raffi Perdedjian-Baklava”

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  1. Anne Meyer says: 18th November, 2015 at 4:48 pm -#1

    A good demonstration – I have always wanted to know how to make Baklava. I will be trying your recipe this Christmas Raffi. Lindley, South Africa.

  2. Kerri O'Donnell says: 15th November, 2015 at 12:07 pm -#1

    go Raffi

  3. Anne Dunlop-Greyling says: 15th November, 2015 at 10:05 am -#1

    My favourite food

  4. Pat Greyling says: 15th November, 2015 at 9:06 am -#1

    creative…..Yummy!!!!

  5. Lisa says: 15th November, 2015 at 12:19 am -#1

    Can’t wait to try this, thanks Raffi

  6. Bernie Dawson says: 14th November, 2015 at 12:01 pm -#1

    Awesome Raffi thank you Elsa for the invite to this page

  7. Nora Kaplanian Halajian says: 14th November, 2015 at 11:08 am -#1

    Awesome. Proud of you both

  8. Deborah Richards-Jansen says: 14th November, 2015 at 11:02 am -#1

    Love it Elsa Kaplanian Perdedjian

  9. Deborah Richards-Jansen says: 14th November, 2015 at 8:04 am -#1

    This made me smile Raffi

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