Baklava Presentation

[mamafox]

Okay I am at a loss so I am asking you, the experts for help. I am thinking about entering a recipe contest with my grandma's baklava recipe. Part of the judging will be on presentation. Does anyone have any good ideas on different ways to plate baklava?

[janabanana]

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I'll email my sister.. She's the queen of presentation.

[mamafox]

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Thanks Janabanana I appreciate the help.

[MaryJo]

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I've seen baklava squares in muffin cups, but don't feel that shows off the beautiful layers. Maybe the pieces could be cut in 2 or 3 shapes instead of just one, and displayed on a tiered platter.

I googled and found this - LOTS of photos and what looks like many different twists on the original. Possibly you will find one you admire and can duplicate it.

http://photobucket.com/images/baklava/

[mamafox]

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Thank you so much. I will check that out.

[janabanana]

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My sister is drawing a blank and the only thing she can think of is presenting them on fig or grape leaves. She's still researching. She can't locate her greek cookbook.

[nuisance]

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what about crushing some nuts (the kind in the baklava, I prefer the pistacio ones) and lightly dust the plate/platter with the nuts, that will help the sticky baklava not stick to the plate. Maybe a few drops of honey around the plate, not alot, they're usually plenty on it already. Put a drop and run a knife thru it to make a tear drop design.

[Sabine]

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Very creative Nu.

[nuisance]

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Very creative Nu.

What can I say :.

also put a little bit (or whole) nut in the drop of honey

[Sabine]

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You are outdoing yourself girl. seriously, good ideas.

[krubinic]

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Here are two baklava presentation picture links. The third link is a google results page with TONS of pictures of various types of baklava. Perhaps you could get ideas from them and form your own ideas.

Hope these are helpful:

http://www.gourmed.gr/_data/images/recipes/photos/baklava_320.jpg

http://www.thebaklavaguy.com/img/cappuccino-n-baklava.jpg

http://images.google.com/images?q=pictures+of+baklava&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1

[nuisance]

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I kinda like the pattern that has the shape of a windmill, but that's pretty common.