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Baklava Gift Trays Are Great Gift Ideas

By Beryl Dalton


Sometimes, people find it really hard to think of the best gifts to give to their loved ones. Gifts vary from material things, vacation and travel, or even food. As always, it is the thought that matters and it is much better to give gifts than to receive some, as the cliche goes.

Tasting different kinds of delicacies is one of the most awesome things in the world. Food trip is one of the best treats a person can receive during occasions. Tastes that originated from different parts of the world is indeed a good treat. Baklava gift trays are among the best treats you can give to your family and friends in all occasions.

The food did not originate in the state. It originated in the Ottoman Empire and in some parts of Western and Central Asia. This sweet Turkish pastry can be your sweetest gift to your significant other. It is made of phyllo stuffed with nuts and honey. There are a lot of twists and varieties of fillings that have been invented throughout the years as the recipe has already been adopted by pastry chefs in different parts of the world. It is also mouth watering to serve it with pistachios and kaymak.

Prepared in large pans or trays, the phyllo dough are arranged layer by layer. Each layer is stuffed with pistachio, walnuts, or almonds and are held together by syrup. Traditionally, they use honey to put the ingredients altogether.

San Diego, California is one of the places on earth that serves the best baklava in the world. There are many restaurants here that serve the pastry as their specialty. They offer gift trays at affordable prices as well. These can be tasty treats to your family on a get together dinner, ideal for your dessert.

You can also bring these to parties. You can even build your own business of baklava because this is so easy to prepare. In making them, you can have your family work together as a good bonding activity. In making the packaging, you just have to be creative so that you can attract a lot of customers.

Since this dessert is easy to make, you can actually make some of your own and give them to your friends. Adding your personal touch to gifts make it even more delicious. That is, if you have the time to make some. If not, you can buy from pastry stores and bakeries that have very nice gift packaging. They are actually very affordable.

If you run out of gift ideas, then try the baklava trays. Not only are they unique, but they are also delicious. Giving and sharing of food is perhaps the sweetest gesture of couples, family, and friends. Cooking and eating is an ideal bonding because as they put it, a family that eats together are strong as one and cannot be broken. This is because eating together encourages communication.

They say that giving foods as gift is probably the sweetest and the most meaningful thing as compared to material things. The way to flutter the heart of a person is to make his stomach full. With baklava, you will give an implication to the receiver that you are sweet and at the same time, has good taste.




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