Baklava Revisited

Alex Pizza baklava topped with Greek Farms, Rolla, Mo. honey but there's more to serving this. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

One of the perks of hosting monthly beekeeping meetings is that people bring in goodies to share. One delicious offering comes from Mike Samaras with Alex's Pizza, Rolla, Mo., one of our beekeeping students.

Now I have enjoyed homemade baklava off and on over the years but it's not a dessert I have seen mentioned how to best serve in Missouri cookbooks.  

Mike said the best way to enjoy this delicious pile of filo dough layers filled with chopped nuts is to drizzle honey over the top. Already rich to my taste, adding honey seemed unnecessary but I tried it. It was delicious.

Then Mike said and the other part of how to serve this desert is to add a sprinkling of cinnamon.

A piece of Alex Pizza bahklava served drizzled with honey and a sprinkling of cinnamon. Yumm!

I took a piece of baklava home, added a drizzle of my own honey and sprinkled with cinnamon. The cinnamon helped cut some of the richness and gave the combination a more subtle taste. Still wonderful and rich.

Thanks for the tip, and the delicious baklava, Mike!

Charlotte