How Do They Make Baklava?
HOW DO THEY DO IT? Mondays 9:30p on Science Baklava is the strudel's ancestor. Phyllo dough used to make baklava is named after the greek word for "leaf" since the dough needs to be "as thin...
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Narrator: BAKLAVA, A SWEET TREAT FROM THE MIDDLE EASTMADE FROM PASTRY, SYRUP, AND NUTS.FIVE CENTURIES AGO, AS TODAY,THE FIRST JOB OF THE DAY IS TO PRODUCE THE DOUGH.WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, EGG, SALT,AND A GLUG OF OLIVE OILARE CHURNED TOGETHER IN PRECISE AMOUNTS.ONCE IT'S MIXED, THE FINISHED DOUGHIS CARVED UP AND ROLLED INTO BALLS.BUT THE BAKLAVA DOUGH SHOULD BE SO FINE,IT'S TRANSPARENT.AND THESE LUMPS CLEARLY AREN'T.SO FIRST, THEY'RE FED INTO A ROLLING MACHINETO BE FLATTENED AND STRETCHED TILL THEY'RE 33 FEET LONG.THE FLATTENED DOUGH IS THIN BUT NOT THIN ENOUGH.SO COMPANY OWNER NADIR GULLUAND HIS TEAM GO TO WORK WITH ROLLING PINSOF HARD PEAR OR HORNBEAM WOODAND PLENTY OF ELBOW GREASE.IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT MUSCLE POWER.THE UNPOLI...
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Narrator: BAKLAVA, A SWEET TREAT FROM THE MIDDLE EASTMADE FROM PASTRY, SYRUP, AND NUTS.FIVE CENTURIES AGO, AS TODAY,THE FIRST JOB OF THE DAY IS TO PRODUCE THE DOUGH.WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, EGG, SALT,AND A GLUG OF OLIVE OILARE CHURNED TOGETHER IN PRECISE AMOUNTS.ONCE IT'S MIXED, THE FINISHED DOUGHIS CARVED UP AND ROLLED INTO BALLS.BUT THE BAKLAVA DOUGH SHOULD BE SO FINE,IT'S TRANSPARENT.AND THESE LUMPS CLEARLY AREN'T.SO FIRST, THEY'RE FED INTO A ROLLING MACHINETO BE FLATTENED AND STRETCHED TILL THEY'RE 33 FEET LONG.THE FLATTENED DOUGH IS THIN BUT NOT THIN ENOUGH.SO COMPANY OWNER NADIR GULLUAND HIS TEAM GO TO WORK WITH ROLLING PINSOF HARD PEAR OR HORNBEAM WOODAND PLENTY OF ELBOW GREASE.IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT MUSCLE POWER.THE UNPOLI...
