How many calories in baklava
Four pieces of baklava have about 430 kcal, with 25 g of fat.
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Baklava is thin filo pastry layered with chopped pistachios or walnuts, brushed with butter, baked and soaked in syrup. Turkey and Greece both make it, and Gaziantep in Turkey is famous for the pistachio one.
Four pieces are 430 kcal, with 45 g of carbs, 25 g of fat and 7 g of protein. The butter and nuts are the fat, the syrup and pastry the carbs.
In a Turkish baklava shop a portion is often four pieces on a plate. One piece goes with tea or coffee just as well.
Tips
- 1Have one or two pieces with a strong coffee or tea.
- 2Pick pistachio, it's often less soaked in syrup than walnut.
- 3Buy a small box, not the tray.
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Questions
How many calories in one piece of baklava?
Pieces vary, but a small one is about a quarter of the four here.
Is baklava Turkish or Greek?
Both make it and both are proud of it. It came out of the kitchens of the Ottoman world.
Why is baklava so high in calories?
Butter, nuts and syrup, all three of them dense. That's also why it tastes the way it does.
How many calories in eight pieces?
About 860 kcal.
Does baklava have protein?
A little, about 7 g in four pieces, from the nuts.
