Topic: Delicious pastries, don't know what they are but who cares?

[Squash64]

A Turkish-Cypriot plotholder gave me these this morning.

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I don't know what they are called, but they are were delicious!

[shirlton]

So thats why you didn't bother with the soup or bread pud. Now we know ;D

[Jeannine]

This looks lovely..can you get a name. I have a smashing Middle East Sweets and desserts cook book but no pictures. I love to collect these kinds of recipes.

XX Jeannine

[Squash64]

Jeannine, I'll ask her when I see her.  :)

[PurpleHeather]

Looks to me like a baklava.

There are several recipes around Greece, Cyprus & Turkey  using filo pastry, nuts dried fruit, honey or sugar syrup



http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/baklava/Detail.aspx

[Squash64]

Thanks PH, but if Baklava is made from filo pastry I don't think that's what they were.  They were pretty dense, but crumbly, with some chopped nuts and a thickish coating of icing sugar. There wasn't any dried fruit in them. 

[shirlton]

They have selections of food from different countries at Aldi and Lidl so you might get some from there. I get the big jars of butter beans and chick peas when they do the polish selection.

[jennym]

I really like those sweet pastries. Here in the sunny south (well, North Londonish anyway) we have a chain of shops called TFC (Turkish food centre) and they do loads of this type of sweetmeat.
I see you are in Perry barr on your photo, googling, there seems to be a Turkish supermarket maybe in your area at International Supermarket, 140 Soho Road, Birmingham, West Midlands B21 9LN
Hope this helps.

[BarriedaleNick]

JennyM - we have a TFC near us in SE London and it is one of the best shops around.  Cheap as well! 5 packs of pitta bread for 99p and the corriander/parsley/dill are cheaper than anywhere else.
The diced lamb is absolutely gorgeous but I stay well away from the sweet pastries - I lived above a Greek baker for years and the smell got too much for me in the end..

[Jeannine]

Definately not Baklava,not remotely, I make that all the time and it looks nothing like that..XX Jeannine

[Mark S]

For what its worth, the Baklava that is sold at a Turkish deli I use, is nothing like the Baklava they sell in a Punjabi sweet centre that I also use.

Never mind what they are, whats the taste like, lol??!!

[Squash64]

I saw the lady who gave them to me and wrote down the name - they are kourabiethes. 

There's a recipe here -

http://greekfood.about.com/od/illustratedrecipes/ss/kourabie_photos.htm

[Jeannine]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the recipe. XX Jeannine