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Azerbaijani Pakhlava
Also known as: Azərbaycan paxlavası, Paxlava
Azerbaijani layered pastry with walnuts, cardamom and honey.
About Azerbaijani Pakhlava
Azerbaijan.travel presents pakhlava as a traditional Novruz dessert and part of Azerbaijani tea tables. Its published walnut version combines yeast-raised wheat dough with sour cream, eggs and butter.
Crushed walnuts, sugar and cardamom give the filling its nutty sweetness and aromatic character. Saffron is also listed, while honey finishes the baked pastry.
The pastry is cut into diamonds beneath an egg-yolk glaze. Butter between the dough and filling layers enriches the layered structure, with a final honey coating over the baked pieces.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk, Egg, Walnut.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Azerbaijani Pakhlava
Azerbaijan.travel’s layered walnut pakhlava.
- Wheat flourBase
- Sour creamLiquid
- Melted butterCooking medium
- EggsBinder · Dough
- YeastBinder
- WalnutsFilling
- Granulated sugarSweetener
- HoneyFinish
- CardamomSeasoning
- SaffronSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Egg yolkFinish
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed
- Sour cream: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed
- Melted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Broader butter link; dough, layering and post-bake butter uses from same source ingredient.
- Eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed
- Yeast: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact yeast physical type unprovided.
- Walnuts: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Walnut source-confirmed
- Granulated sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Honey: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cardamom: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Saffron: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. List212; method215 says spices generically, exact saffron preparation/allocation unspecified.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit yeast/dough water; source listed volume versus flour-volume ratio unresolved.
- Egg yolk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Method-only top brushing215; allocation from listed eggs versus separate yolks unreported, no quantities duplicated.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Azerbaijan
- AzerbaijanCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Azerbaijani Cuisine
- Azerbaijani CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.