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Evelyn Adams Baklava recipe

Baklava (Ottoman Turkish: باقلوا; /bɑːkləˈvɑː/, /ˈbɑːkləvɑː/, or /bəˈklɑːvə/;Turkish pronunciation: [baklaˈva]) is a rich, sweet dessert pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts and sweetened and held together with syrup or frosting or honey. It most likely originated in the Eastern Roman Empire with the name koptoplakous (Byzantine Greek: κοπτοπλακοῦς), a type of […]

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Kolivo

Kollyva via the Orthodox Wiki   Kollyva (Greek: Κολλυβα,(kólliva); Serbian: кољиво,(koljivo); Romanian: colivă; Bulgarian: коливо,(kolivo); Ukrainian and Russian: Kutya(or Kutia)) is an offering of boiled wheat that is blessed liturgically in connection with the Memorial Services in Church for the benefit of one’s departed, thereby offering unto God, as it were, a sacrifice of propitiation (atonement) for the dead person, and in honor of […]