Generally made from dates, walnuts or pistachios mixed with sugar and flavorings like orange blossom or rose water and occasionally cinnamon or cardamom. Photo Credit: thefoodblog.com

A traditional turkish sweet made with shredded fillo dough wrapped around a pistachios.

Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts and sweetened and held together with syrup or honey. It is characteristic of the cuisines of Levant, Mediterranean, Caucasus, Balkans, Maghreb, and Central and West Asia.

A Middle Eastern cheese pastry soaked in sweet, sugar-based syrup, typical of the regions belonging to the former Ottoman Empire. It is a specialty of the Levant and adjoining areas of Lebanon and Turkey.